RE: TechInfo Centre as was
DB2??? I guess it's a fine database. Problem is, we're running HP machines with a lot of vendor software. The largest being PeopleSoft. We tried installing a DEMO copy of PS8 onto DB2. Started the task on December 1st. We gave up last week. We're not convinced DB2 likes HP and it appears that the folks at PS aren't real excited about DB2. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: andykent.bristol@virgin.net [mailto:andykent.bristol@virgin.net] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:40 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: TechInfo Centre as was The irony is that the motive for making Informix less and less attractive and harder and harder to support is to try and get everyone onto DB2 ... Goal, own. Fire, friendly. Sinking ship, rats etc. Andy "David E. Grove" <david_grove@correct.state.ak.us> wrote in message news:<100ea7tf44ad334@corp.supernews.com>... > We, too, have decided to move to O > > David Grove > > > "Hamilton, Jerry" <hamiltoj@fleishman.com> wrote in message > news:bu74rq$la6$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > > > >so we should investigate the possiblity of moving to Orrible or > > >Squeal > > Server. > > > > Bingo! Same here. And to think, at one time I bled blue... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: christopher.coleman@mediware.com > > [mailto:christopher.coleman@mediware.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:12 PM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: TechInfo Centre as was > > > > > > Neil Truby described a depressingly familiar scenario... > > > So it seems that everything may be changing again soon. > > > > We keep running into this here, too. After spending nearly a year > > getting > a > > new OEM contract, we have suddenly found that we can only get > > information and downloads through Passport Advantage. We were also > > told that the site technical contact would be able to set up the > > accounts for us. > > > > My name, Christopher Coleman, was submitted with the contract > > paperwork as site technical contact, but I never received any of the > > information. > After > > calling several different people, I was told that our site primary > > contact (who is the comptroller) would have to set me up. I dragged > > him away from his desk to listen to the speaker phone as we went > > through this. Half way through the process, we are told, "It says > > here your site technical > contact > > is Chris Coleman. He should have all the info." > > > > My cry of "That would be ME!" was probably audible at the call > > centre, > which > > is a few miles from my office. > > > > Unfortunately, after all the effort and a couple more weeks dealing > > with various people, it turns out my site has two PPA contracts, one > > of which > is > > useless. This is the one to which we have access. I was actually > > told to create a new account (which would be my thirteenth IBM > > login) and have the site technical contact add me to the other > > contract. Meanwhile, the comptroller and I have two different > > people contacting us about merging > the > > contracts, each insisting there is only one person who can do this > > for us, each offering a different name. > > > > Andy Kent made a snarky remark: > > > How many more lose-lose situations do you think IBM can conspire > > > to invent to drive its remaining customers away? > > > > Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth to it. My company's > > comptroller, > who > > has far more influence than a lowly database analyst, has decided > > that IBM is too hard to work with, so we should investigate the > > possiblity of > moving > > to Orrible or Squeal Server. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Christopher Coleman > > > > Database Analyst > > Pharmacy Division > > Mediware Information Systems, Inc. > > tel: 913/307-1073 > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list