RE: the ugly Americans and how the IIUG will save Europe
Rob Konikoff said he doubted IBM's loyalty to Informix and wished it were marketed as heavily as DB2 or Oracle. scottishpoet said they had seen DB2 brochures but little actual marketing of DB2 UDB. Neil Truby cited full-page Computer Weekly DB2 UDB v8 adverts that mentioned Informix only briefly; scottishpoet had not seen them. Off-topic discussion with no technical outcome.
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LoL... I am relaxed! I'm SO RELAXED I COULD EXPLODE! Just kidding :) Yea, I know. I was poking fun, mainly at IBM. I'm not at all convinced of THEIR loyalty to their product. I've said it before... If IBM put as much marketing into INFORMIX that they do into DB2, or as much as Oracle does into its products, then my chances of re-employment after I'm done here are MUCH higher. Rob -----Original Message----- Relax, Rob Contractor, I was being sarcastic. I'm working on my writing skills. It's tough. I've had to erase and delete so much already, it's really a struggle. :-) _______________________________________________
you've seen DB2 marketing? I see lots of brochures with the DB2 brand name on them but I don't really see any marketing of DB2 UDB
"scottishpoet" <dryburghj@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1135873865.222321.83560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > you've seen DB2 marketing? > > I see lots of brochures with the DB2 brand name on them but I don't > really see any marketing of DB2 UDB You didn't see the full-page, 4-colour, right-hand page Computer Weekly ads all summer then? They were very explicitly about DB2 UDB v8, although deep within the text there were two "me-too" mentions of Informix and one of Cloudscape.
nope didn't see them