Re: IBM releases #1 TPC-E benchmark!
In a thread on IBM's number one TPC-E benchmark result, Fernando Nunes joked about selling without a benchmark. Ian Michael Gumby criticised IBM for selling IDS without its own salesforce, relying on channels and business partners. Another poster said the same was true of Progress and its VARs. Opinion only; no technical answer.
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Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Nope. Ambush er Ambuj is just milking IDS because its selling. Selling without a benchmark?! How odd... Strange times we live in :)
On Jul 14, 4:41 pm, Fernando Nunes <domusonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Nope. Ambush er Ambuj is just milking IDS because its selling. > > Selling without a benchmark?! How odd... Strange times we live in :) LOL! How about selling IDS without a salesforce? Yeah that's the ticket. Only enough IT Specialists to barely support the major IDS clients, while they are also cross trained on DB2? Yeah that's the ticket! Sell IDS via channels and BPs. Strange times we live in where the sales force is being outsold by their "partners". I know that there are a couple of old time IBMers rolling in their graves over that one.
In article <5d2aae9e-8781-4c71-a043-5e3b8728d988@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Ian Michael Gumby says... >Strange times we live in where the sales force is being outsold by >their "partners". Isn't it true for Progress database also. Their own sales is much less than that of VARs who build their products on Progress.
Progress. Haven't heard about that one for many moons. Microcenter used to use it back in the 80's and 90's. Not sure what they are doing these days. Last I heard, they were getting away from the database and focusing on their connectivity and other products. > From: dcruncher4@aim.com > Subject: Re: IBM releases #1 TPC-E benchmark! > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:48:20 -0700 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > In article <5d2aae9e-8781-4c71-a043-5e3b8728d988@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, > Ian Michael Gumby says... > > >Strange times we live in where the sales force is being outsold by > >their "partners". > > Isn't it true for Progress database also. Their own sales is much > less than that of VARs who build their products on Progress. > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk
-----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Ian Michael Gumby Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:41 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: IBM releases #1 TPC-E benchmark! On Jul 14, 4:41 pm, Fernando Nunes <domusonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Nope. Ambush er Ambuj is just milking IDS because its selling. > > Selling without a benchmark?! How odd... Strange times we live in :) LOL! How about selling IDS without a salesforce? Yeah that's the ticket. Only enough IT Specialists to barely support the major IDS clients, while they are also cross trained on DB2? Yeah that's the ticket! Sell IDS via channels and BPs. Strange times we live in where the sales force is being outsold by their "partners". I know that there are a couple of old time IBMers rolling in their graves over that one. _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list BHWDIK