Re: IBM to buy analytics firm Netezza

Posted in 2010

darko — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:13:05 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Sep 20, 5:07 pm, Lester Knutsen <les...@iiug.org> wrote: > From Tweeter - @lesterknutsen - RT @reuters: IBM to buy analytics firm Netezza for $1.7 billionhttp://bit.ly/aL9I2T > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Lester Knutsen les...@advancedatatools.com > Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice:703-256-0267begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 703-256-0267 end_of_the_skype_highlightingx102 > Visit our Web page:http://www.advancedatatools.com > ______________________________________________________________________ I wonder if Netezza can technically provide something that Informix XPS or DB2+DPF with some modest investment in further development cannot? Anyone with experience with Netezza and DB2+DPF or XPS wishing to comment? Or perhaps IBMers are buying client base or preventing competitors from growing? Or buying some IP to embed in its beloved flagship DB2? Nothing bad to say about Netezza, of course. Darko Krstic

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Obnoxio The Clown — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:19:36 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

darko wrote: > On Sep 20, 5:07 pm, Lester Knutsen <les...@iiug.org> wrote: >> From Tweeter - @lesterknutsen - RT @reuters: IBM to buy analytics firm Netezza for $1.7 billionhttp://bit.ly/aL9I2T >> -- >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> Lester Knutsen les...@advancedatatools.com >> Advanced DataTools Corporation Voice:703-256-0267begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 703-256-0267 end_of_the_skype_highlightingx102 >> Visit our Web page:http://www.advancedatatools.com >> ______________________________________________________________________ > > I wonder if Netezza can technically provide something that Informix > XPS or DB2+DPF with some modest investment in further development > cannot? Anyone with experience with Netezza and DB2+DPF or XPS wishing > to comment? > > Or perhaps IBMers are buying client base or preventing competitors > from growing? Or buying some IP to embed in its beloved flagship DB2? > Nothing bad to say about Netezza, of course. AFAIK, most of Netezza's actual brains trust is ex-Informix. They may be smiling today as they cash their share options, but I think they're all crying inside. :o) -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com I will now proceed to pleasure myself with this fish. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

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JonnyTDI@Usenet-News.net — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:05:26 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On 21/09/2010 18:19, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > darko wrote: >> On Sep 20, 5:07 pm, Lester Knutsen <les...@iiug.org> wrote: >>> From Tweeter - @lesterknutsen - RT @reuters: IBM to buy analytics >>> firm Netezza for $1.7 billionhttp://bit.ly/aL9I2T >>> -- >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> Lester Knutsen les...@advancedatatools.com >>> Advanced DataTools Corporation >>> Voice:703-256-0267begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 703-256-0267 >>> end_of_the_skype_highlightingx102 >>> Visit our Web page:http://www.advancedatatools.com >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> I wonder if Netezza can technically provide something that Informix >> XPS or DB2+DPF with some modest investment in further development >> cannot? Anyone with experience with Netezza and DB2+DPF or XPS wishing >> to comment? >> >> Or perhaps IBMers are buying client base or preventing competitors >> from growing? Or buying some IP to embed in its beloved flagship DB2? >> Nothing bad to say about Netezza, of course. > > AFAIK, most of Netezza's actual brains trust is ex-Informix. They may be > smiling today as they cash their share options, but I think they're all > crying inside. > > :o) > :'( Sign above the M25 "You are all lemmings"!!