Re: Getting to the analysts and consultants
HOLD ON. What was the warehouse system??? SAP? PeopleSoft? --- "Sebastian, Norma J." <NormaJean.Sebastian@tellabs.com> wrote: > You are kidding us...... > > Why would IBM Global Services tell anyone to > 1). Move off informix > 2) Move to Oracle > > Send your info directly to Stuart, he'll have the > idiots dealt with. But you will have to give him > enough info to hit the target. Which does not > necessarily mean giving any names. > I was in an IBM DB2 training class and heard > "legacy" poo from IBM employees, I told Stuart what > city I was in and what class I was in, a day later > there was quite the hubbub, and the offenders were > humbled and corrected. > > The person(s) who said that should be fired for > product ignorance and simple stupidity.... Even if > they were trying for "sell the product that yields > the most consulting dollars"......What is the > likelihood the customer, if they moved to oracle, > would keep the competition (ibm) as the consultants > to do the job? > > Give Stuart enough ammo directly, he may not see > your post out here. > > Norma Jean Sebastian > . > . > > > > via bberry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org > <informix-list-bounces@iiug.org> > To: informix-list@iiug.org <informix-list@iiug.org> > Sent: Fri Jan 04 06:57:33 2008 > Subject: Getting to the analysts and consultants > > >From the IIUG January newsletter: > > >> [Stuart Litel wrote]: Many times users select > their database product > >> based on consulting organizations. These > consulting organizations want > >> the most business possible, so they pick the > database that will get the > >> job done, but not do it too efficiently, hence > more dollars for the > >> consulting company. Another reason is companies > just don't know any > >> better. ...Well that is the case with those that > do not select Informix - > >> they simply do not know any better. > > Yes! I work closely at a customer site with a > global consulting company. > The customer is planning to upgrade its warehouse > system, which currently > runs on IDS. The global consulting company told the > customer - no word of a > lie! - that they should move away from Informix and > to Oracle as "Informix > is legacy". > > So yes, I agree, there's a huge educational issue to > the uncoverted needed. > And, actually, despite all the relative > Tam-Tam-Ta-Ra around Cheetah, it's > the publicity to those other than The Converted that > remains lacking. > > Oh, almost forgot ... the name of the global > consulting company that told > the customer that Informix is Legacy? Hang on, I > have it here somewhere > .... here it is ... it's "IBM Global Services". > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > ============================================================ > The information contained in this message may be > privileged > and confidential and protected from disclosure. If > the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, or an > employee > or agent responsible for delivering this message to > the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > reproduction, > dissemination or distribution of this communication > is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication > in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the > message and > deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs > ============================================================ > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping