Product Defect Query no longer available????

Posted in 2003

Malc P — 2 Sep 2003 05:31:21 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

IBM appear to have removed the searchable "Product Defect Query" off the support section of the site. A trip to:http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/support/pdq.html shows the message: ***************************************************************************** Product Defect Query Informix Product Defect Query information is no longer available online. For assistance, please contact your local Informix support center. ***************************************************************************** So, one of the single most useful places on the Informix pages is now unavailable. This is absolutely atrocious service, even worse than I ever expected from the Ignorant Bloody Morons. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Malc

↪ replying to Malc P

rkusenet — Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:27:00 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Malc P" <malc_p@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:8c28402a.0309020431.65ac3ed9@posting.google.com... > IBM appear to have removed the searchable "Product Defect Query" off > the support section of the site. A trip > to:http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/support/pdq.html > shows the message: > > ***************************************************************************** > Product Defect Query > > Informix Product Defect Query information is no longer available > online. For assistance, please contact your local Informix support > center. > ***************************************************************************** here is a recent post from malcom. Read it and laugh at his naivety:= ======================================================================== Guys, I don't think it does any good for this newsgroup to be pessimistic when discussing the futures for Informix products. It merely serves to continue the doubts that many organisations have about the future of the products. I have recently spoken to a number of companies who are migrating away from Informix as they consider it to be dying. When I ask them why they cite lack of marketing and the uncertainty in this newgroup on the future. So, if we want the product to die then we should carry on telling the public that it will. By my reckoning Informix has a lifespan planned of about 5 years. And who can see further than that? 6 years ago we were all saying the 4GL was going to die - but then came D4GL and the product was reinvigorated. Just my tuppenceworth Malcolm =========================================================================