RE: So now Informix has RAC
All the fun? Naw. It must be that you have a boring life that you consider this *fun*. When you get to blow something up, then you're having fun. IDS isn't fun, its business. The issue is that you have a very *viable* platform and its slowly getting killed because of the business side of the shop. You want fun, then lets talk about embedding an open source math library in the engine. You want fun, set up an HACMP set of servers, pull the plug on your main server forcing a crash, and then wait 5 minutes before putting the cord back in, and then rebooting. Time how long it takes to fully recover. (That's fun, right?) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:28:29 -0700 From: redden96@yahoo.com Subject: Re: So now Informix has RAC To: informix-list@iiug.org You suck all the fun out of this forum. Maybe you just need to get laid. Smile a little, you'll like it. ----- Original Message ---- From: Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com> To: ibmsoftwarequestions@bellmicro.eu; informix-list@iiug.org Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:58:18 AM Subject: RE: So now Informix has RAC > From: ibmsoftwarequestions@bellmicro.eu > > Great news from IBM and shows continued commitment to Informix and > developing Informix technology. > That was never in question since Janet left the building. I think Janet left the building because IDS in the LUW (why I included windows I don't know...) space is the best performer. What was in question is when would the marketing/sales/higher ups grok what they had and started to push it to the public. The reason I griped about IBM wasn't the techies in the lab. (Including Serge and the guys in Markham.) It was the fact that Databases were being treated as a commodity and IDS was being shoved to the side as IBM flogged DB2 to the masses. Even in white papers publishing cute "hacks" by Martie Laurie on an IDS project have to mention DB2... You want to go head to head against Postgress and Oracle, IDS will crush them in terms of performance and ease of use. (Not to mention TCO) But the "wins" and "customer success stories" aren't coming from IBM, but the Ron Flannery(s) and Bell Micro(s) of the world. (And I know Paul and Stuart are going to slam me for not mentioning their companies.) The extensability is an under appreciated and under used feature because the sales teams don't understand it and the competition doesn't offer it. So why hasn't IBM capitalized on this? Why don't they offer research grants? Why haven't they cross pollinated their "boffins" in NY to take advantage of it? I know Jerry K can't be everywhere, but where is his support from the sales side? (This is why you have BDMs.) But hey! What do I know? ;-) Make i'm yours. Create a custom banner to support your cause. _________________________________________________________________ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008