Re: Informix Directions

Raj Goel wrote: > > In article <6bfu2t$rr7$1@agate.berkeley.edu>, Paul Brown wrote: > >Michael Segel (mikey@segel.NO.SPAM.KINGOFMYDOMAIN.SPAM.NO.com) wrote: > >: Informix loses sales because they do not convey trust. > > > > IFMX loses sales for lots of reasons. Sometimes it's trust. Sometimes > > it's financials. Sometimes it's simply that the check-signer wants > > to CHA and go with the market leader. > > Informix lost quite a few sales in my company simply because they > never bothered to communicate with us. I.e., we bought LivewirePro and > Informix *NEVER* followed up on that for additional sales. I > downloaded stuff from Informix's server and that was never followed up > with sales/marketing email. > Oops! There's another part of the problem. I wish that sales reps would check with us occasionally. We are in the process of re-engineering our POS systems. Guess which DBMS we're using for the warehouse piece? Oracle. It would have been nice to have a few alternatives. Even though the DBMS vendor wasn't a major requirement, it would have been nice to present a few vendors to management who used Informix. If our sales rep would have been checking in on us occasionally, the results may be different. > > OTOH, I downloaded Oracle's workgroup server 2 years ago. > Every few weeks, I get email from them detailing all the new stuff, > promotions, etc. > Ouch. There's the marketing aspect again. > > Informix has product, but no marketing or support brains. See above. > > Our Netscape upgrades came in and one of them came with > Oracle Lite. Within 1 week, I had email from ORCL listing my > support, migration, documentation and tools options. > > Oh, and ORCL supports PERL. IFMX's website doesn't even have > links to DBI, and John Leffler now works at VISA. > > I'm hoping DBD-informix development continues or IFMX gives > me better access to my data. Otherwise, my next database is going to > be Oracle...and I've got $ 100,000 waiting to be spent. > > > You want to be president? Yes. > Put your hand on the book and say "I Do." I Do. > Fine, done. Let's eat. - G'Kar & Sheridan Just what I like: Getting to the point. Saw the episode and loved it John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc.