RE: The funny thing about numbers is that they're just numbers...

Posted in 2008

Ian Michael Gumby — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:22:25 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:48:32 +0100 > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: The funny thing about numbers is that they're just numbers... > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > the support license costs are much less than those of IBM or Oracle.) > > Are you absolutely sure of that? > > > Oh and now that Sun owns mySQL, you too can buy support from them. > > Yeah, because you could never buy support from MySQL, could you? > OTC, yeah I'm sure. Unless you're also including certain very large customers who qualify for J level discount and then negotiate a 90% discount on top of that. But that's not the market that we're talking about. We're talking about the SMB customer who at best could get a 20-25% discount from list. You can check the prices and maintenance renewal. -G _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008

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InDeep — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:33:47 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:48:32 +0100 > > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: The funny thing about numbers is that they're just > numbers... > > > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > > > the support license costs are much less than those of IBM or Oracle.) > > > > Are you absolutely sure of that? > > > > > Oh and now that Sun owns mySQL, you too can buy support from them. > > > > Yeah, because you could never buy support from MySQL, could you? > > > Yes you can. And could for quite some time. In fact their latest Administration console is designed with nagging in mind to get you into paid support. Interesting too is Dell's latest SMB push with their expanded offerings in storage: http://www.dell.com/business/storage The AX4-5 SAN is from EMC.

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Obnoxio The Clown — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:38:05 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

InDeep wrote: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > >> > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:48:32 +0100 >> > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com >> > To: informix-list@iiug.org >> > Subject: Re: The funny thing about numbers is that they're just >> numbers... >> > >> > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >> > > >> > > the support license costs are much less than those of IBM or Oracle.) >> > >> > Are you absolutely sure of that? >> > >> > > Oh and now that Sun owns mySQL, you too can buy support from them. >> > >> > Yeah, because you could never buy support from MySQL, could you? >> > >> >> > > Yes you can. And could for quite some time. Sigh. -- Cheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com