Re: Is Informix Dead??

In article <3912.480.uupcb@dwarp.com> bill.williams@dwarp.com (Bill Williams) writes: >-=> Quoting Bob Beaulieu to All <=- Bill, For your info, you are incorrect in quoting me for the below. I did NOT make any of the below statements. If you look closer, you'll see the original article was written by a Theron B Kousek. I did make a comment to Mr. Kousek's statements; but, it is not included in the below posting you made. Unlike Theron B. Kousek, I am NOT having problem with employment and have too much work to do as it is. I work as a Senior Systems Analyst for a mass transit authority and own a travel agency, EZ Travel. I *hadda* respond to this one. Bob Beaulieu > > -=> Quoting Bob Beaulieu to All <=- > > In article <1993Nov23.194704.15909@gasco.com> tbk@gasco.com (Theron B > Kousek x5933) writes: > > >What's the deal with Informix??? Why am I seeing so many job postings > >for Sybase and Oracle and very few for Informix??? I have worked with > >Informix for over 4 years and now with Sybase for about a year and > >basically, Informix is just as good as Sybase. Why are so many companies > >"avoiding" Informix in favor of Sybase/Oracle??? Lack of advertisement??? > > I *gotta* respond to this one. > > There are plenty of jobs for programming in Informix - you either have to > know where to look or you have to be employed by one of the foreign job > shops! The company I'm working with (name withheld) easily employs over > 100 foreign programmers who had some experience with Informix. You know, > the standard deal to cut the American programmer out of the loop because > American labor costs are sky high (which is true). > > I entered the Informix software (commercial) job market (I was in the > military) in June, 1993, and was hired the same month. (Of course, I > did my homework and planned *six months* in advance, but still ...) > > BB> Its seems that the competetion is fierce these days regarding > BB> databases and Informix needs to relate to the windows environment with > BB> ease. I'm hoping that will happen in our lifetime ;-) > > It will. Believe me, the CEO, the R&D people, and just about everyone > else at Informix knows this and is responding to it. Writing/rewriting > a full-fledged object-oriented programming language is not a trivial > task ... there *will* be a 4GL++, and it is on the horizon. > > Don't ask me how soon. I don't work in R&D. > > > Bill > > ... RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure! > ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 > > ---- > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Data Warp Premium BBS (713) 355-6107 HST/V.32bis | > | Spring / Houston, Texas Multi-line, multi-gig PCBoard BBS | > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > -- _____ _____ ______ _____ _____ ___ ___ _____ __ | ___| |_ / |_ _|| _ \\ / _ \\ \\ \\/ / | ___| | | | ___| / /_ | | | / | _ | \\ / | ___| | |__ |_____| /_____| |__| |__|__\\ \\_/ \\_/ \\__/ |_____| |_____| ______ C O R P O R A T E T R A V E L S P E C I A L I S T S _______ * Open 7 Days eztravel@netcom.com * 64+ Int'l Toll-Free #'s * 24 Hr Voice Mail Tel: (408) 978-0808 * Preferred Rates * 24 Hr Paging Fax: (408) 978-7024 * Internet e-mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~