Re: Gary Speaks!

I'd drink piss before I drank another drop of IBM Kool-Aid. --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Captain Pedantic <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Captain Pedantic <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> > Subject: Gary Speaks! > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 1:18 PM > I see Gary's getting frustrated > now.  We call this the "Hamilton Effect", in > honour of erstwhile IIUG President Jerry Hamilton. > Jerry imbibed the IBM > Kool-Aid as thirstily as anyone, came quite quickly to > realise that IBM had > no intention whatsoever of promoting Informix, and then > became one of the > most zealous critics!: > > IIUG Insider (Issue #115) > January 2010 > > Happy new year to all IIUG members! > I wish you all a wonderful year. However I am not sure it > is going to be a > good year for Informix. > Last January I wondered if IBM will continue the momentum > of growing and > improving Informix. Today I have no answer to this > question. IBM is acting > like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. > On one hand Informix is dramatically improving. Every fix > pack is loaded > with new features. Mach 11 and the warehouse capabilities > are positioning > Informix ahead of any other database including DB2. The > Panther release is > due this year. It is going to be a huge improvement (if you > want to know > more about it join the EVP program. You can read more about > it in the > following section). > However if you talk to IBM executives or read the press, > Informix does not > exist. It looks as if things are set back to 2001. > Once again we need to say loud and clear that Oracle and MS > SQL server are > alternatives to Informix. They are inferior but if forced > we will migrate to > one of them. DB2 is not an option. > Gary Ben-Israel > IIUG Insider Editor > gary@iiug.org > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >