Re: "The Problem with Informix" Article by Philip Howarth, Bloor Research

Data Goob wrote: > nobody wrote: > >> >> For those readers here, what it means is that the death of Informix >> was greatly exaggerated. The sad thing is that it took this long for >> people to figure it out. ;-) >> > > The death was not "greatly exaggerated", it was eminent, and it happened. > Tell me where there is an Informix presence anywhere that matters. > Informix > is history. The only place it matters is where it already exists, big > in the minds of current, existing accounts, outside of that it doesn't > matter. When > Informix is marketed, if ever, pigs will indeed fly. > > -DG- > Uhm no. You're wrong. ;-) <Forrest Gump Mode > "And thats all I'm gonna say on the matter..." </Forrest Gump Mode> I really don't think that IBM should waste time/money/effort trying to defend IDS vs DB2. Instead it should be IBM DB2 Information Management technologies against the competition. NCR, Oracle, Sybase, etc ... all targets. Don't lose focus on that. But hey, I'm just a nobody. What do I know?