Re: IDS 11 - Press Releases
>From: DA Morgan <damorgan@psoug.org> >Neil Truby wrote: > > > The fact is, Poet, '1,350 *is* a lot of money to spend on getting a > > supported and un-bombed version of Informix. Yes, you get a lot of >other > > stuff as well but for an SMB, wanting to specialise on a very limited >number > > of products as SMBs must do to survive, the addiotnal products are of > > limited value. '1,350 for the "Value Package" is a sh*tload of cash, >full > > stop. > >And '1,349 more than any student is going to pay. The baffoon speaks again. Dude! The program isn't aimed at students. Actually IBM has a division for universities, although I don't know who or what they actually do. The program is geared towards actual developers who are designing and building real kit to be resold. Any startup worth their weight will invest in the tools that they will need to be successful. an investment of $800 USD is nothing. _________________________________________________________________ Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now. http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2
On 13 Jun., 22:35, "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >From: DA Morgan <damor...@psoug.org> > >Neil Truby wrote: > > > > The fact is, Poet, '1,350 *is* a lot of money to spend on getting a > > > supported and un-bombed version of Informix. Yes, you get a lot of > >other > > > stuff as well but for an SMB, wanting to specialise on a very limited > >number > > > of products as SMBs must do to survive, the addiotnal products are of > > > limited value. '1,350 for the "Value Package" is a sh*tload of cash, > >full > > > stop. > > >And '1,349 more than any student is going to pay. > > The baffoon speaks again. > > Dude! > The program isn't aimed at students. Actually IBM has a division for > universities, although I don't know who or what they actually do. > > The program is geared towards actual developers who are designing and > building real kit to be resold. > > Any startup worth their weight will invest in the tools that they will need > to be successful. > > an investment of $800 USD is nothing. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Like puzzles? Play free games & earn great prizes. Play Clink now.http://club.live.com/clink.aspx?icid=clink_hotmailtextlink2 Take a look here what IBM is doing regarding universities and students: http://db2expressc.blogspot.com/ IBM has a whole team that is focussed on promoting DB2 Express-C and they visit universities worldwide. I would be more than happy if to see the same things happening for IDS.
Eric, I think you missed my point. In the IBM sales world, you have artificial boundries that make up your territory. So lets say you support the entertainment industry in NY,NY. You have a client who has its IT operations in central Indiana, a different region. You as the sales team have responsibility and credit for all sales to that operation since their HQ is in your dog patch. That means that you routinely will have to hop a plane and visit that location. If they have any questions or support problems, you handle them. The local reps and IT specialists will not get engaged since the account isn't in their "territory". This is what I mean by artificial boundries. Now take that to the universities. There's a seperate group that handles them. When you have a brand specific "assault team". That could be comming from the labs and would be yet a different group. Some are cross matrixed, some are not. Does this make sense? >From: eric@herber-consulting.de >Take a look here what IBM is doing regarding universities and >students: > >http://db2expressc.blogspot.com/ > >IBM has a whole team that is focussed on promoting DB2 Express-C and >they visit >universities worldwide. > >I would be more than happy if to see the same things happening for >IDS. > >_______________________________________________ >Informix-list mailing list >Informix-list@iiug.org >http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ Picture this ' share your photos and you could win big! http://www.GETREALPhotoContest.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us
take a look at the whole partnerworld value package program its not just the software you get for your money I don't know the whole program but there is a significant amount of education material in the Virtual Innovation centre, I think there are educaton packages available, there is you you pass we pay program, campaign designer
>take a look at the whole partnerworld value package program > >its not just the software you get for your money > >I don't know the whole program but there is a significant amount of >education material in the Virtual Innovation centre, I think there are >educaton packages available, there is you you pass we pay program, >campaign designer > > Well there's two price points... one is 2K the other 800. The 2K supposedly has some training involved. While DA Maroon would like to think that I drank the IBM cool-aid, I havent. I'm just pointing out the relatively low cost of entry in to the IBM world. You can go cheeper if you join the IIUG. There's a "free" but limited verison of the software which should help you get accquainted with the majority of the product. (No Replication, and limits the number of users.) But for a testbed and alpha development work, it should be sufficient. _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants~Hotels~Amusement%20Park&cp=33.832922~-117.915659&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=1118863&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01