RE: Looks Like The Party Is Over In Menlo - Ardent

I have worked with Ardent software (Unidata) for couple years. The biggest problem for me was inability to transport data to anything 3rd party... Unidata/Universe are U2 type databases, not DB2, so ODBC was not an option. Overall it's O.K. standalone product for small companies (in my case smaller colleges - who could not afford Informix or Oracle). It's awfully easy to administer with some knowledge of UNIX. I was a bit surprised when Informix purchase Ardent (I hope it's not only for the DataStage...), because one of Informix officials on one of the user groups conferences mentioned that Informix had no intention to improve or develop U2 databases further. ** just my 2 cents ** Elena. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Segel [mailto:Postmaster@iiug.iiug.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 12:16 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Looks Like The Party Is Over In Menlo (2nd try) DICK PICK IS DEAD! Got it? -Uncle Mikey. William Rice wrote: > I will agree that Ardent's database products are not in vogue, but > claims about the death of Pick databases have been greatly exaggerated. > My biggest concern when Informix purchased Ardent was that all focus > on Ardent products would die. That would not exactly endear the current > Universe/Unidata users to go to an Informix database. I hope with someone > from Ardent at the helm, there is a chance that Informix's products > will be pushed forward, and Informix will be able to still pick up a > profit from Ardent's customers. Don't get me wrong, marketing is still > a lost cause, but I still have some hope. > > Will