Re: [Fwd: BUSINESS ANALYST/ CALIPER/ CONTRACT/ VA]

Christine Normile wrote: > > Hi Marco - > > Thanks for bring this to my attention. I've contacted Checkfree's CTO and > will work to bring them up to date on our data server strategy and our > team will work to turn this around. > > Thanks again. > Christine, this is only one example of the consequences of a non-existing Informix product marketing. It doesn't help if you speak with every Informix software vendor personally. Reserve your time and do an appropriate, vital product marketing for Informix and then those things will not happen.

Eric Herber said: > Christine Normile wrote: >> >> Hi Marco - >> >> Thanks for bring this to my attention. I've contacted Checkfree's CTO >> and >> will work to bring them up to date on our data server strategy and our >> team will work to turn this around. >> >> Thanks again. >> > > Christine, > > this is only one example of the consequences of a non-existing > Informix product marketing. > > It doesn't help if you speak with every Informix software vendor > personally. > Reserve your time and do an appropriate, vital product marketing for > Informix and then those things will not happen. To be fair to Christine, she is doing what she can and it's great that she is prepared to make the effort. However, it is crazy to have to have a team that goes around to one vendor after another and says "this is what we're doing, this is why you should support it, yadda, yadda, yadda..." It would be much more efficient for IBM to just start advertising IDS again, and start trumpeting the deals they get for IDS. That will tell vendors about IBM's commitment much more clearly than having a SWAT team going round and picking up the pieces. -- Bye now, Obnoxio Information within this post contains forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of the S E C Act of 1934. Statements that involve discussions with respect to projections of future events are not statements of historical fact and may be forward looking statements. Don't rely on them to make a decision. The poster is not a reporting company registered under the Exchange Act of 1934. I have received a life peerage from Her Majesty, who is not an officer, minister or affiliate Labour party member. I intend to recover my loan now, which could cause the parliamentary majority to go down, resulting in losses for you. Today's Labour party has: an accumulated deficit and a reliance on loans from officers and affiliates to pay expenses. It is not an operating political party. The party is going to need financing to continue as a going concern. A failure to finance could cause the party to go out of business. This report shall not be construed as any kind of investment advice or solicitation. You can lose all your money by investing in this party.