Re: Informix in the News!

Tim Schaefer <tschaefe@mindspring.com> wrote: :David Kosenko wrote: :... :> I still maintain that the primary problem is NOT the multiple choices, :> and :> deciding which one you need. The primary problem is that Informix's :> marketing :> is so frigging abyssmal that not enough customers even know enough to :> know that :> there ARE and choices to be confused over. Simplifying the product line :> is a good :> start, but it has to be followed by telling people about Informix and :> the products :> (e.g. how about some ADVERTISEMENTS!). :> :> Will Informix EVER get a clue on this? I continue to hope so, but if :> past behavior :> is any indication of future activity, they will remain oblivious, and :> continue to :> wonder why Oracle keeps kicking their ass with an inferior product. Well, the guy who used to run Informix marketing wasn't exactly impressive. I talked with him on several occasions. He is out however. With new management more or less all over the line there is every chance for them to do everything in new ways. Past behaviour is with other words hardly interesting in this case. Lets just hope, wait and see. :> -- :> Dave :> That's just my opinion - I could be wrong. :> - Dennis Miller : : :Amen to all your comments Dave! : : :Tim :-- :Tim Schaefer \\\\|// :tschaefe@mindspring.com 6 6 Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org