Re: How long a future? (was: An interesting meeting with IBM)
How many companies can give you their product plans beyond 2008? 2 years ago IBM were giving us plans for Informix development up to 2006. Now its up to 2008. I fully expect in 2 years it will be up to 2010. andykent.bristol1095@virgin.net (Andy Kent) wrote in message news:<ac5fb36.0404080631.25bc7790@posting.google.com>... > One thing that suddenly jumps out at me from this is: what on earth > happens after 2008? Presumably the pressure to move to DB2 or get out > could start within a couple of years of any code freeze - if 2008 ends > up being the date of the last update we could be looking at IDS being > desupporting as early as 2010. Maybe not that likely, but certainly > possible. > > What kind of organisation is going to consider major new investment in > Informix with that kind of life expectancy? Upgrades, sure, small > systems, maybe, but big stuff? > > Am I being too much a harbinger of doom or does the panel share these > fears? > > Andy Kent
dryburghj@yahoo.com (scottishpoet) wrote in message news:<81714288.0404080919.56f35bc1@posting.google.com>... > How many companies can give you their product plans beyond 2008? > > 2 years ago IBM were giving us plans for Informix development up to 2006. > > Now its up to 2008. > > I fully expect in 2 years it will be up to 2010. Probably.... M.P. > > andykent.bristol1095@virgin.net (Andy Kent) wrote in message news:<ac5fb36.0404080631.25bc7790@posting.google.com>... > > One thing that suddenly jumps out at me from this is: what on earth > > happens after 2008? Presumably the pressure to move to DB2 or get out > > could start within a couple of years of any code freeze - if 2008 ends > > up being the date of the last update we could be looking at IDS being > > desupporting as early as 2010. Maybe not that likely, but certainly > > possible. > > > > What kind of organisation is going to consider major new investment in > > Informix with that kind of life expectancy? Upgrades, sure, small > > systems, maybe, but big stuff? > > > > Am I being too much a harbinger of doom or does the panel share these > > fears? > > > > Andy Kent