Clarification please
Not a technical problem: a poster asked whether a claim seen in another newsgroup — that IBM would end Informix after versions 9.50 and 9.60 — was true, since no such announcement had come from IBM. Replies, including one from an IBM/Informix engineer, said it was news to them, and others suggested the claim came from misreading a roadmap diagram whose arrow indicated development continuing beyond the listed releases. The consensus was that it was FUD, though no official statement is cited.
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While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit of information . . . . ------------------- Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your choice ! PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,... > BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix > dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. (sig not included) -------------------------------------------------------------- This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify this information?
Err... News to me. "John Carlson" <john_carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message news:lmc4kvoskcmud67hl1o0s50pffq8udui0l@4ax.com... > While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit > of information . . . . > > ------------------- > Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your > choice ! > PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,... > > > BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix > > dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? > > yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. > > (sig not included) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i > a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from > IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify > this information?
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:32:18 GMT, "Madison Pruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> wrote: >Err... > >News to me. > Seems like you'd be one of the ones to know if there were an 'issue' . . . .8-) > >"John Carlson" <john_carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message >news:lmc4kvoskcmud67hl1o0s50pffq8udui0l@4ax.com... >> While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit >> of information . . . . >> >> ------------------- >> Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your >> choice ! >> PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,... >> >> > BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix >> > dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? >> >> yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. >> >> (sig not included) >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i >> a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from >> IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify >> this information? >
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:06:16 +0100, Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: >John Carlson wrote: > >> While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit >> of information . . . . >> >> ------------------- >> Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your >> choice ! >> PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,... >> >>> BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix >>> dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? >> >> yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. >> >> (sig not included) >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i >> a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from >> IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify >> this information? > >Hell, when Informix ran Informix no-one had visibility of whether there were >even 2 releases into the future. :o) > >Clearly just someone who hasn't worked out that the arrow means "it >continues in this direction..." . . . which makes sense . . . too much sense.
John Carlson wrote: > While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit > of information . . . . > > ------------------- > Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your > choice ! > PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,... > >> BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix >> dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? > > yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. > > (sig not included) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i > a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from > IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify > this information? Hell, when Informix ran Informix no-one had visibility of whether there were even 2 releases into the future. :o) Clearly just someone who hasn't worked out that the arrow means "it continues in this direction..."
John Carlson wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:06:16 +0100, Obnoxio The Clown > <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>John Carlson wrote: >> >>> While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit >>> of information . . . . >>> >>> ------------------- >>> Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your >>> choice ! >>> PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,... >>> >>>> BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix >>>> dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right? >>> >>> yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends. >>> >>> (sig not included) >>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i >>> a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from >>> IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify >>> this information? >> >>Hell, when Informix ran Informix no-one had visibility of whether there >>were even 2 releases into the future. :o) >> >>Clearly just someone who hasn't worked out that the arrow means "it >>continues in this direction..." > > . . . which makes sense . . . too much sense. I retract that statement immediately then! :o)
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:16:26 -0400, John Carlson wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:06:16 +0100, Obnoxio The Clown > <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>John Carlson wrote: ><SNIP> >> >>Hell, when Informix ran Informix no-one had visibility of whether there >>were even 2 releases into the future. :o) >> >>Clearly just someone who hasn't worked out that the arrow means "it >>continues in this direction..." > > . . . which makes sense . . . too much sense. The Clown making sense? Can't have that! Art S. Kagel
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:34:34 -0400, "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: >On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:16:26 -0400, John Carlson wrote: > >> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:06:16 +0100, Obnoxio The Clown >> <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>>John Carlson wrote: >><SNIP> >>> >>>Hell, when Informix ran Informix no-one had visibility of whether there >>>were even 2 releases into the future. :o) >>> >>>Clearly just someone who hasn't worked out that the arrow means "it >>>continues in this direction..." >> >> . . . which makes sense . . . too much sense. > >The Clown making sense? Can't have that! Tell me about it . . . I looked outside the window just as the pigs flew by . . . . > >Art S. Kagel
Art S. Kagel wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:16:26 -0400, John Carlson wrote: >> . . . which makes sense . . . too much sense. > The Clown making sense? Can't have that! Four weeks in rehab can really clear the mind.