Re: Crying Wolf - was Re: Clarification please

malcolm.iiug wrote: > 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. Don't you do smilies any more? Get with the program (or thread) Malcolm! We were all having a laugh about a post in another news group (not stated) by someone (not stated) who posted a response saying: " > BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix > dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. " You get shot for not having a road map, and you get shot for having one that only looks forward x years. :-) There are companies migrating away from Informix for various reasons: They think Informix is a dead product They think they will be forced to migrate to DB2 They don't want to deal with IBM at all They prefer Microsoft licensing fees They believe the FUD : On this list we tend to deal in reality, and they only had to ask here, to get the real story. Any uncertainty in this news group will be from the certainty that people will not bet their jobs on using Informix products in new IT projects. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list