Re: Announcing: The IBM Customer Advisory Council for Informix
Christopher Coleman wrote: > Mark posted a serious question: > >>Why can't the announcement of the CAC for Informix be what it was >>intended? ....good news for the Informix community. It has now been >>twisted and changed into a completely different meaning than was >>intended. > > > There are some who think everyone on this list belongs in one of two categories: > IBM's cheerleaders and the self-described realists who cannot seem to stop posting > that Informix is dead. Anyone who tries to cheer any apparent good news will be > screamed into oblivion by these who seldom if ever post anything of technical merit > but post lots and lots and lots of messages about how IBM is destroying Informix. > Anyone who suggests these posters are unrepentantly spreading nothing but FUD is an > IBM sell-out or is trying to censor free speech or is policing the forum... > > There are those who, while not necessarily cheerleading for IBM, have tried to disagree > to varying degrees with the trolls described above. Unfortunately, this has not been > productive, and this forum has become less and less pleasant. Once upon a time I could > recommend this to my customers as a useful place for tech information, so long as they > took everything with a grain of salt. Now, I hope they do not read it, because the > nuggets of information are between flame wars that will only make my job worse. Software is a tool ... not a religion. IBM is selling two brands of hammers. As a DBA or developer my job is to choose the right tool for the job ... not to make some marketing dweeb his bonus check. If I want to cheer for something I'll find a football team. What I want IBM to do is stop moving the deck chairs and either provide a clear statement upon which decisions can be made or throw in the towel. It isn't about cheerleeding or mourning the dead. It is about having a mortgage to pay and children to put through college. -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)