Re: Goodbye Informix, and good luck
From: Andrew Reardon <andrew.reardon@australia.boeing.com> > >Hi all > >Well it's official. We're moving to Oracle. >The reasons are mainly monetary. My employer has such a cosy deal with >Oracle that, even after training me in it (for ~AUD$10K), they're still >going to be saving (in the short and long term). > >So another site makes the defection (or is that defecation:) to the big >O. >My boss rung our contact (account manager ? person who takes the money ? >we're not even exactly sure what they do) at Informix Oz and told them >of our planned move so please don't bother sending us any more invoices. >And guess what - no pleas, no last minute requests for reconsideration, >not even an academic interest in why we would want to make such a move. >Just a cheery and polite "Oh, Ok ! Thanks for letting us know!". Sure my >unit isn't that big but the company is, well, pretty big (200,000 >employees?), one which you'd imagine you'd want to keep on board. Or >perhaps not. Hmph. When I contacted Oracle Education thru their web >site, I had the Training person ringing me, explaining this and that, >sending me a quote for the courses, doing follow-up calls... Couldn't >keep 'em quiet ! > >Anyway I hope the future goes well for Informix - it's been an excellent >product for the 1.25 years I've been admin'ing it. Fast, easy to tune >and diagnose, well put together, stable as a rock, and with a great ng. >That's another thing I'll miss. Man have you seen the s/n ratio in >c.d.o.s ?? Newbie city. > >So just wanted to say thanks all for all your advice - you've all been a >great help and it's much appreciated. > >All the best >Andrew > >--- >Andrew Reardon >Unix Systems Administrator >Aerospace Support, Boeing Australia Ltd. Oh. OK, thanks for letting us know! _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8onvjf$9c4$1@news.xmission.com... > > From: Andrew Reardon <andrew.reardon@australia.boeing.com> > > > >Hi all > > > >Well it's official. We're moving to Oracle. > >The reasons are mainly monetary. My employer has such a cosy deal with > >Oracle that, even after training me in it (for ~AUD$10K), they're still > >going to be saving (in the short and long term). > > > >So another site makes the defection (or is that defecation:) to the big > >O. > >My boss rung our contact (account manager ? person who takes the money ? > >we're not even exactly sure what they do) at Informix Oz and told them > >of our planned move so please don't bother sending us any more invoices. > >And guess what - no pleas, no last minute requests for reconsideration, > >not even an academic interest in why we would want to make such a move. > >Just a cheery and polite "Oh, Ok ! Thanks for letting us know!". Sure my > >unit isn't that big but the company is, well, pretty big (200,000 > >employees?), one which you'd imagine you'd want to keep on board. Or > >perhaps not. Hmph. When I contacted Oracle Education thru their web > >site, I had the Training person ringing me, explaining this and that, > >sending me a quote for the courses, doing follow-up calls... Couldn't > >keep 'em quiet ! > > > >Anyway I hope the future goes well for Informix - it's been an excellent > >product for the 1.25 years I've been admin'ing it. Fast, easy to tune > >and diagnose, well put together, stable as a rock, and with a great ng. > >That's another thing I'll miss. Man have you seen the s/n ratio in > >c.d.o.s ?? Newbie city. > > > >So just wanted to say thanks all for all your advice - you've all been a > >great help and it's much appreciated. > > > >All the best > >Andrew > > > >--- > >Andrew Reardon > >Unix Systems Administrator > >Aerospace Support, Boeing Australia Ltd. > > Oh. OK, thanks for letting us know! > Sometimes you just crack me up ;-))) Andrew - Good luck. Enjoy you new life and marketable skills. Hope everything works out for you. Rob Vorbroker