Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.
This is an opinion thread rather than a technical one. Participants debate whether IBM's acquisition of Informix benefited anyone: one poster argues Informix's independence ended when IBM made shareholders an offer they couldn't refuse, and that acquiring good people and technology means nothing if IBM then does nothing with it. Another counters that IBM is doing something, just perhaps not what Informix DBAs and developers want, and that time will tell. The exchange descends into jokes about IBM 'sitting on' Informix and choosing between DB2 and Oracle. No technical problem is posed and no resolution is reached.
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"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1063586822.467530@yasure... Neil Truby wrote: "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1063580675.445761@yasure... Unfortunately not enough of them for Informix to remain viable as an independent. We'll never know, will we? IBM made the Informix shareholders they couldn't refuse, and Informix's independence was gone. Certainly the company had been struggling for some years. But it's highly arguable whether Informix *customers* have benefited from the IBM takeover. Or IBM in fact. >> Well IBM certainly got their hands on some good people and some good technology. In that sense they benefited ... Sorry to go on about this, and I sense we're discussing theis point in circles, but there's no benefit to be accrued simply by acquiring the good people and technology and then doing nothing with it .....
Neil Truby wrote: >Sorry to go on about this, and I sense we're discussing theis point in >circles, but there's no benefit to be accrued simply by acquiring the good >people and technology and then doing nothing with it ..... > > They are doing something with what the acquired. It just may not be what Informix developers and DBAs want: Time will tell. -- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
Daniel Morgan wrote: > They are doing something with what the acquired. I don't think sitting on it counts. :o) -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche
Non, mais quand on a pas mieux ' dire on devrait peut-'tre Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Daniel Morgan wrote: > > >>They are doing something with what the acquired. > > > I don't think sitting on it counts. :o) >
Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >Daniel Morgan wrote: > > > >>They are doing something with what the acquired. >> >> > >I don't think sitting on it counts. :o) > > > If you believe that ... which way are you heading? DB2 or Oracle ;-) Pretty soon you're going to be chanting the enemy of my enemy is my friend. ;-) -- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
Daniel Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >>Daniel Morgan wrote: >> >>>They are doing something with what the acquired. >> >>I don't think sitting on it counts. :o) >> > If you believe that ... which way are you heading? DB2 or Oracle ;-) I think I might take up a new career. -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche
P. Saint-Jacques wrote: > Non, mais quand on a pas mieux ' dire on devrait peut-'tre You'd be confusing me. -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche