Re: {Spam?} RE: MySQL not doing so well in Sun's hands

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:20:29 +0000 > > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: MySQL not doing so well in Sun's hands > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/27/mysql_slowing_down/ > > > [SNIP] > > Ironic really, because it looks to me that lately IDS seems to be > > cracking out innovation at a rate of knots. Boring old IBM doing > > something better than exciting open source? Surely not! :o) > > > > Naw the real irony is that Sun could have spent a billion and bought > Informix, had they taken the time to plan. Of course at that time, they > were more worried about this OS called Linux... ;-) And just look what a bang-up job they've done with all the other technology they bought. > I agree with your comment about IDS. > The only problem is that the answer to the age old question...'If we > build it, will they come?'... is that it only works in the movies, > especially if you're in Iowa and there's nothing else to do. > > So unless IBM gets off their duff, does some sort of 'marketing', even > 'stealth marketing', IDS isn't going to get noticed. Tell me about it. :o( > Of course, there's a more important issue that you've seemed to have > forgotten. > > InDeep has kept repeating his belief that IBM should target the > 'developers' meaning those developers who grab anything that is 'free'. > When I say 'free' I mean its another term for 'open source'. > > This is a perfect example of why it will be an expensive waste of time, > money and material. > The 'developer' community that InDeep talks about wants a 'free' > product. So much so, they're going to fork the distribution in order to > get what they want. If the 'developer' community is anything like the > 'derby community', there are a lot of people making choices on database > technology, and database design who don't know what a database is, or > how to use it. So not only are you going to have to market your product, > but also educate your audience. Maybe C.J. Date should get on board. > (Isn't he an IBM alumn?) Oh right, so people who won't read Date will now listen to him when he speaks, instead? -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com