Re: Informix sales staff, what is there problem?

> Jean-Marc Fortier writes: > Is there any good reason why Informix sales folks are less > than helpful? > > I am trying to get a configuration narrowed down and a quote > for all the pieces and I am being ignored. > > Configuration: > > 15 single user 486/33 PCs (desktop clients) > running Windows 3.1 > TCP/IP package compatible with Inet > Powersoft or Gupta built application > > 4 multi users 486/33 PCs (voice response clients) > running Interactive Unix 3.2 Rel 4 > support for embeddded SQL using C req'd > > 2 SPARC 20 (Db servers) > running Solaris 2.3 > > > Any Informix sales folks interested? > > Jean-Marc Fortier > Teknekron Infoswitch > Menlo Park (yes across the street from Informix Corp. HQ) > CA > > 415.322.6390 > I would suggest that you should get an impressive car, add an ORACLE banner to it and park it on your driveway. If that does not work, get articles published in the national press on how you are buying a large amount of software from the competition. Failing that you could always try the really cast-iron certain approach - ring INFORMIX and pretend to be working on a large military contract. These are the things that turn INFORMIX salespeople on. They aren't interested any longer in the small customer who only wants to buy simple development systems. They only want the large multi-national companies or government departments. I know, I asked about it in Tampa and that was basically their answer.