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Re: IDS 10 Download?

Posted in 2005

Topics: SQL Development & Query Writing, Platform-Specific Issues

John Carlson — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:00:06 -0500, Data Goob <datagoob@netscape.net> wrote: >John, > >I appreciate your cynicism! > Thanks, Goob . . . >8o) > >But, uhm, have you really been to the IBM web site lately? There are >so many confusing pages the site is a nightmare--and I don't think I'm >the only one who shuts down when thinking about where to look for something >on that website. It's too confusing, so a direct link where to look for >something is invaluable. Not to mention how tinyurl came about simply >because of sites with links that are impossible to remember or type into a >browser. > I feel your pain . . . It's a 'would have been nice' type of thing . . . >You should join in with the rest of us who have to use IBM's web site >on a daily basis for TSM or AIX--or DB2 for that matter, trying to figure >out what patches to apply or get straight answers on software and what it >works on. Then imagine the site slowing down to a crawl trying to get a >file with FTP, or docs that are listed but you can only download one at >a time because they decided to pop-up all the PDFs into the same window. > Thankfully, I don't have to deal with it at that level . . . I just bookmark the Informix stuff and leave it at that (for now). >So, to assume that I could actually find the Informix download in less >than 5 minutes is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to >the mess of shit that comprises the IBM website. > I'm able to focus a bit more when it comes to product; Informix mostly, DB2 less so. . . makes it easier. It just seemed that, in your thinking, the IIUG was just this side of the "Keystone Cops", that's all. JWC PS: Still haven't downloaded it yet . . . gotta clear out some space for my Linux box.

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Data Goob — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

John Carlson wrote: > > I'm able to focus a bit more when it comes to product; Informix > mostly, DB2 less so. . . makes it easier. It just seemed that, in > your thinking, the IIUG was just this side of the "Keystone Cops", > that's all. > > JWC Keystone Cops? Never. Obsequious comes to mind though.

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