Re: Do you read the emails - Revisited!
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > On Aug 5, 1:17 pm, "Art Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I won't get into a pissing match, and I don't disagree with much of what has >> been said about IBM's handling of IDS, however, complaining about the IBM >> Database Magazine's contents is undeserved. In this month's edition, >> emailed out today if you haven't seen it yet, you will find the following >> statistics if you look: >> > Art, > > If you didn't want to get in to a pissing match, you would have > responded just to me and not to the entire c.d.i. > So I guess I should actually set the record straight.... > > If you bothered to read my posts, you would have seen that I talked > about the e-mail announcement for the mag. > The e-mail had 5 highlighted URLs for "must read" articles. (They > didn't highlight all the articles.) > 4 of the 5 highlighted articles were specifically for DB2. One was for > IDS. > > Now the math is pretty simple, but please pull out that calculator and > tell me that 1/5 = 20% and 4/5 = 80%. > I think what I wrote was accurate and factual. > Again, and just for setting the record straight The problem is not the calculator... It's the eyes/reading device: ============================================================================================== 1. The Celko SQL challenge SQL expert Joe Celko challenges you to find a better approach to calculating Fibonacci numbers than the one proposed by recursive SQL genius Robert Mala in a recent IDUG presentation. 2. From the blogs: DB2 9 DBA certification Try your hand at sample questions from the man who wrote the book on the DB2 9 DBA exam. 3. DB2 birthday parties Take part in one of several parties going on around the country to celebrate DB2's 25 years of innovation. 4. Tech term of the day Your knowledge of French (or even etiquette) won't help you figure out the tech meaning of the term RSVP. But the Tech Encyclopedia will. 5. New Informix e-book * Informix guru Lester Knutsen explains how to get IDS 11 up to full speed. ================================================================================================= 1 is not DB2 specific... It's about a challenge launched by Joe Celko. 2 is 3 is 4 isn't 5 is IDS But than again... who cares.... Regards. -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...
That's funny. You should dig deeper. All were about DB2 'cept Lester. And again you've proved the point. > From: domusonline@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Do you read the emails - Revisited! > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:31:28 +0100 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > On Aug 5, 1:17 pm, "Art Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I won't get into a pissing match, and I don't disagree with much of what has > >> been said about IBM's handling of IDS, however, complaining about the IBM > >> Database Magazine's contents is undeserved. In this month's edition, > >> emailed out today if you haven't seen it yet, you will find the following > >> statistics if you look: > >> > > Art, > > > > If you didn't want to get in to a pissing match, you would have > > responded just to me and not to the entire c.d.i. > > So I guess I should actually set the record straight.... > > > > If you bothered to read my posts, you would have seen that I talked > > about the e-mail announcement for the mag. > > The e-mail had 5 highlighted URLs for "must read" articles. (They > > didn't highlight all the articles.) > > 4 of the 5 highlighted articles were specifically for DB2. One was for > > IDS. > > > > Now the math is pretty simple, but please pull out that calculator and > > tell me that 1/5 = 20% and 4/5 = 80%. > > I think what I wrote was accurate and factual. > > > > Again, and just for setting the record straight > The problem is not the calculator... It's the eyes/reading device: > > ============================================================================================== > > 1. The Celko SQL challenge > > SQL expert Joe Celko challenges you to find a better approach to calculating > Fibonacci numbers than the one proposed by recursive SQL genius Robert Mala in > a recent IDUG presentation. > > 2. From the blogs: DB2 9 DBA certification > > Try your hand at sample questions from the man who wrote the book on the DB2 9 > DBA exam. > > 3. DB2 birthday parties > > Take part in one of several parties going on around the country to celebrate > DB2's 25 years of innovation. > > 4. Tech term of the day > > Your knowledge of French (or even etiquette) won't help you figure out the tech > meaning of the term RSVP. But the Tech Encyclopedia will. > > 5. New Informix e-book > > * Informix guru Lester Knutsen explains how to get IDS 11 up to full speed. > > ================================================================================================= > > > 1 is not DB2 specific... It's about a challenge launched by Joe Celko. > 2 is > 3 is > 4 isn't > 5 is IDS > > But than again... who cares.... > Regards. > > -- > Fernando Nunes > Portugal > > http://informix-technology.blogspot.com > My email works... but I don't check it frequently... > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ Get more from your digital life. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008