Re: {Spam?} RE: Thinking Green.. yeah I know ... ironic... :-)

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:38:51 +0000 > > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > > > >> [SNIP] > > >> > > > >> What we see at IOD is this new "encryption" solution which is marketed > > >> at both DB2 and IDS. In short. No product differential in latest > > >> announcements. > > >> Again, there's no shock there. > > > > > > Right and where is the > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/9/editions_features_storage.html > > > (disk compression) for IDS then? > > > > Well, you may as well ask where all the IDS features in DB2 are. > > > > I'm sure if enough people asked for it, they'd put it in. Did you ask > > for it? No, neither did I. > > > > > > I think you're missing the point. While there are and will be DB2 > centric announcements and improvements, where we see anything trumpted > concerning IDS, it will be in the form of something that is usually for > both DB2 and IDS. > > What new feature of IDS got major PR that wasn't also a DB2 feature? MACH11. I guess you must have missed that. To be fair, it wasn't really heavily pushed. > What major customer win that was IDS centric was last announced? > DB2? What is "major"? > And thats the point. We're seeing the IIUG pump out positive PR. Not IBM. > No disrespect but the IIUG isn't IBM although you could argue that they > are the most cost effective marketing arm IBM could buy. :-) Probably. > So where is IBM? > Hiding and not visibly pushing IDS. Indeed. Perhaps they are shoemakers, sticking to their last and selling big-ticket deals and ELAs to Fortune 100 companies and leaving others to sweat the small stuff. > But hey! What do I know? I'm not at IOD listening to IBM > marketing/sales/tech critters tell you what you want to hear. ;-) Indeed you aren't. > C'mon people, grow a set and ask the tough questions! OK, why are you such a dickhead? :o) -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com