Re: Migration from Informix

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Eric, > > Janet made the decision to talk with SAP and to convince them to drop > IDS support and favor DB2 support after it was known that IBM's adoption > of 'project arrowhead' wasn't going to work. Informix had XPS which was > killed outright. (One could say that it competed too well against DB2.) > > Janet also sweetened the pot to put in code that would be beneficial to > SAP when running on DB2. > > You are right that things have changed. However, Ambush hasn't done > anything to reverse [this] perception. In light of the acquisitions made > by Oracle, SAP, I believe has purchased their own database. Re-instating > the port wouldn't be a bad thing for SAP, only IBM hasn't made enough > noise as *the* vendor to have SAP support IDS. > > I'm afraid that its a little too late because the number of SAP > customers running on IDS are too few for SAP to justify reconsidering > the port. > (Meaning if they were to lose all of these customers to Oracle, it would > have minimal impact on their bottom line.) > > I would have to say that if SAP and IBM had a good partnership, SAP > would maintain a port to IBM's two flagship engines IDS and DB2. > Who knows, IBM may realize that IDS is outselling DB2 on LUW and > consider keeping DB2 on the mainframe and existing customers while > promoting IDS for the LUW space. > > What's the TCO of IDS vs DB2 or Oracle? > > The point is that it is sometimes better to lose a battle in an effort > to win the war. > DA Maroon did get one thing right. We're IBM's Informix marketing squad. > So with the limited resources we have, why not exploit the advantages of > IDS than to chase a losing effort. Oh, bollocks. Vendors listen to their customers. Having customers tell SAP they want IDS supported is the best thing IDS customers can do for IDS. Having SAP support IDS properly again would be excellent, and the best way of getting SAP to do that is for all SAP/IDS customers to ask for it. Where's your spunk? (Don't answer that, I don't really want to know! http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-never-happened-to-me-honest.html ) -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com