Re: Why you can't trust IBM when it comes to committing to Informix.
Oooh. A quiz. I love quizzes. LOL. The quality of the reveal would be totally dependent on the amount of consciousness applied to your question. In other words, it depends on who you're asking. :-))) ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: Why you can't trust IBM when it comes to committing to Informix. Date: Tue, March 25, 2008 6:57 From: "Martin Fuerderer" <MARTINFU@de.ibm.com> Interesting question! > > Another (interesting?) question: > > Why do we use cutlery (i.e. knife, fork, spoon, teaspoon, etc.) > for eating? > Couldn't we just have a swiss army knife and use that instead? > > So, why is nobody asking this question today? > > Because as a civilization we have gone through many years of > development and it is clearly apparent to most people that > having specialized tools for eating (i.e. cutlery) is much better > and easier than using a "one-for-all" tool like a swiss army knife. > We'd use the swiss army knife for something else, but normally > not for eating. > Hypothetically ask the same question to stone age people and > you may well get a different answer (or reaction). > > Last question: > > What can be revealed about the development level of the > person when this person asks a question? > > Think about possible answers ... and have fun! :) > > Regards, > Martin > -- > Martin Fuerderer > IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany > Information Management > > IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH > Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Martin Jetter > Board of Management: Herbert Kircher > Corporate Seat: Boeblingen, Germany > Reg.-Gericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 > > informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 23.03.2008 17:59:14: > > > Neil Truby wrote: > > > > > But the premise of your question is wrong in any case because, as Eric > > > > points out, ""IDS neither competes with nor represents an alternative > to > > > DB2. Rather, IDS represents an embeddable transaction-oriented RDBMS > > > featuring valuable capabilities that distinguish it from DB2 in a > > > significant way." ! > > > > Perhaps you might also want to ask why, if IDS, is IBM's answer for > > an embeddable DB they did this? > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18C12573B800335866.html > > > > Which is described as a "an embedded database with in-memory database > > engine, which means it can store and retrieve data from main memory, > > giving faster performance than traditional disk-based systems." > > -- > > Daniel A. Morgan > > University of Washington > > damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > >