Re: Looking for a job...

Posted in 2006

Topics: Licensing & Editions, Platform-Specific Issues

Paul Watson — Fri, 2 Jun 2006 20:23:24 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

[cutting] > Why would I use IDS? Will I be able to find people to > support it? How fast > can you get it set up and running on a Linux box? 5-10 minutes seems quite typical > How much out of pocket will it cost me? No idea, I don't pay for my licenses > MySQL has been very profitable for me, > Informix, well, I don't > know anyone who is actively developing with it. I'm still making a very good living from Informix and IDS [cutting] Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 European Conference. Vienna, Austria. 2-6 October 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information.

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DaveK — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 13:44:34 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Also sprach "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> : [snippage] :> MySQL has been very profitable for me, :> Informix, well, I don't :> know anyone who is actively developing with it. : :I'm still making a very good living from Informix and IDS : :[cutting] Just out of curiosity, do you find you are doing many *new* installs of Informix for customers who have not used it previously? Or is it repeat business from existing Informix users? Dave

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Paul Watson — Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:50:31 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Probably half and half Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend the IDUG 2006 European Conference. Vienna, Austria. 2-6 October 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -----Original Message----- > From: DaveK [mailto:sorry@hotmail.com] > Posted At: 03 June 2006 08:45 > Posted To: comp.databases.informix > Conversation: Looking for a job... > Subject: Re: Looking for a job... > > > Also sprach "Paul Watson" <paul@oninit.com> : > [snippage] > :> MySQL has been very profitable for me, > :> Informix, well, I don't > :> know anyone who is actively developing with it. > : > :I'm still making a very good living from Informix and IDS > : > :[cutting] > > Just out of curiosity, do you find you are doing many *new* > installs of Informix > for customers who have not used it previously? Or is it > repeat business from > existing Informix users? > > Dave