Re: All u vendors out there

Jack Parker <jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com> recently wrote: > Adam Green suggested that information on vendors of informix-related products > be included in the FAQ. NOT A CHANCE TO ADVERTISE YOU ENTIRE LINE AND STUFF, > Just a quick one liner about what you sell. The format he suggested was: > > NAME,PRODUCTNAME,VAR CAT. PG #$,KEYWORDS {eg. 4GL,OL,ST ARCHIVE BLOB} > > That doesn't give you a lot of room to wax exotic. Personally I would > vote for: > > Name, Address, phone, email > Contact > Product - one sentence description. Adam, I recommend something similar to what Jack's suggested. It avoids specifying an actual catalog page number (remember, Informix prints new catalogs each year). The vendor email address (which is not included in the catalogs) is a must, at least for this forum. Also, we must support those readers who don't have the Informix Solutions Guides (Vendor and InSync). Believe me, there are a good number who don't have them, especially the InSync. It makes sense to provide one-stop vendor information shopping instead of being a cross-reference listing. I recommend a one sentence description for __each__ product that a company offers to support effective keyword searches. Just a few thoughts from the peanut gallery. BTW guys, keep up the good work. We all owe you, big time. /----------------------------------------------------------------------------\\ | Judy Domshy || | | Windstar Corporation || "Life is like riding a bicycle. | | Phone : 1 905 479 6621 || You don't fall off unless you | | Fax : 1 905 479 6086 || stop pedaling." Claude Pepper | | Internet: judyd@windstar.com || | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Corporate Accounting, Code Generators & Maintenance Tools for INFORMIX-4GL | \\----------------------------------------------------------------------------/