Re: NEWS: KROGER STORES CHOOSES INFORMIX PARALLEL PROCESSING DATABASE TECHNOLOGY FOR CLIENT/SERVER IMPLEMENTATION

In article <1994May3.014640.16666@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, aburt@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Andrew Burt) writes: |> In <2q3ibq$p23@infmx.informix.com> billd@informix.com (William Daul) writes: |> |> >NOTE: Is this information appropriate for comp.databases.informix? |> > --Bill |> |> >KROGER STORES CHOOSES INFORMIX PARALLEL PROCESSING DATABASE TECHNOLOGY |> >FOR CLIENT/SERVER IMPLEMENTATION |> <clip> |> Weeeeeeell, to my mind, this would be infinitely better if it were in something |> like biz.informix, and leave comp.* to technical material. |> |> As much as commercialization is inevitable, I would at least like to set |> a precedent on how it will take place. If we set the precedent, or, rather, |> stick to it, that biz.* is "sell sell sell" and comp.* is "tech tech tech", |> I think the net as a whole will be much better off. I.e., if we let the |> cat out of the bag, then Microsoft and all the other PC vendors will |> (eventually) start filling comp.sys.ibm.pc.* with their press releases, and so |> on. |> |> I'm *not* against using the net for commercial purposes, but I think we have |> to ensure it doesn't kill off the unique place it's grown into. |> |> So, I encourage a biz.informix group, and suggest posting -all- your |> press releases there, etc. I don't exactly agree with either poster. I *want* a place where I can get all of the Informix information in which *I* am interested. There are already some hierarchies where I have to read through several groups to get what I want. In another newsgroup, a poster referred to the "balkanization" of that particular hierarchy where it had been broken down into many subcategorizations. I don't think *that* is desirable. Whereas I don't think that customer related press releases are warranted in this newsgroup, since they are purely marketing oriented, I don't want only technical information here. either. I am interested in some of the business related information about Informix. Release announcements, perhaps training schedules (I peeked ahead, Bill) and other information that is not purely marketing oriented should be included/allowed. This is only my opinion, David Tomlinson "President - Great Lakes Informix User's Group" but I also work for a living :-)