Re: Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

Elan Le Blanc wrote: > The website referenced below has been taken down as it no longer > accurately reflects IBM's position regarding Informix Dynamic Server. > Informix Dynamic Server is an IBM flagship database. 2005 has been a > banner year for IDS. In February, we announced IDS v10.0, the most > significant enhancement to IDS since v9 was introduced in the 1990's. > In April, we followed with the introduction of IDS Express Edition for > small to medium businesses. In October, Express Runtime for IDS was > introduced by IBM Software Group to provide ISV's an integrated > web-based infrastructure based on WebSphere Application Server Express > and IDS Express. Earlier this month, we made our Level 5 PHP driver > for IDS available for Beta. And the year is not over. By year end, we > plan to make our Oracle to IDS Migration Tool Kit (MTK) available. And > we've started planning for new IDS and IDS based products in 2006. > > While we don't typically set detail plans five years in advance, IDS > vNext is underway and customers and business partners will be very > pleased with many of the features planned for this release. We will > begin high level discussions for IDS vNext+ in 2006. We will be > forming an IDS Customer Advisory Council in 2006 to help guide our > future product directions and provide feedback on existing products. > > A couple of things that have been discussed since the acquisition will > not happen. IDS and DB2 will not merge. IDS customers will not be > required to move to DB2. > > We are working to grow our business through direct customers and > through business partners. We are working to get business partners > enabled to IDS v10.0 and recruiting new business partners to build > applications on IDS. We are playing offense and we have a very > ambitious goal. > > Christine Normile > IDS Product Manager > IBM Software Group > Information Management > > Email Christine.Normile@us.ibm.com > So when does the marketing program begin where we would see advertising and visible indications that support your activity? How will you differentiate Informix from DB2? These are peer products.