Re: These crazy emails about IDS to DB2 conversion

Posted in 2004

Rodney Sheppard — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:06:42 +1100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

If it had 'DB2' in the name I wouldn't go near it, even if it was really Informix. I for one am sick of seeing DB2 mentioned on this group. If Informix is merged into DB2, and the becomes no longer available in its curent form, AND NAME, I'll be moving to MSSQL for windows, and Mysql for Unix. Rod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Candy McCall" <candym@olcinc.com> To: "Informix List" <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: Re: These crazy emails about IDS to DB2 conversion > Rename IDS to DB2. > Rename Informix-SE to DB2-Lite > :-) > > > > > > What should IBM do? > > > > In my humble opinion? Promote Informix as a product in its own right. > > Ignore the analysts. Try to sell it to new customers. Destroy the > > impression that its actions are giving that Informix is dead. And not just > > because I want Informix to be preserved (although I do). But because they > > are haemoragging customers to the competition. Informix users are showing > > by deed and in their droves that they do not want to migrate to DB2. > > > > > sending to informix-list > sending to informix-list