Re: IDS 10 Download?

John, I appreciate your cynicism! 8o) But, uhm, have you really been to the IBM web site lately? There are so many confusing pages the site is a nightmare--and I don't think I'm the only one who shuts down when thinking about where to look for something on that website. It's too confusing, so a direct link where to look for something is invaluable. Not to mention how tinyurl came about simply because of sites with links that are impossible to remember or type into a browser. You should join in with the rest of us who have to use IBM's web site on a daily basis for TSM or AIX--or DB2 for that matter, trying to figure out what patches to apply or get straight answers on software and what it works on. Then imagine the site slowing down to a crawl trying to get a file with FTP, or docs that are listed but you can only download one at a time because they decided to pop-up all the PDFs into the same window. So, to assume that I could actually find the Informix download in less than 5 minutes is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to the mess of shit that comprises the IBM website. John Carlson wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 07:59:13 -0500, Data Goob <datagoob@netscape.net> > wrote: > > >>Well, they wen to the trouble to make an announcement, and I see the tinyurl >>for other things--which by the way takes more effort than just pasting the >>full url--so pasting the url to the download was not a big deal. >> >>Neil Truby wrote: >> >>>"Data Goob" <datagoob@netscape.net> wrote in message >>>news:8JtUd.236$Sw2.138@text.usenetserver.com... >>> >>> >>> >>>>Curious that the infamous IIUG didn't provide the link in the IFMX-10 >>>>announcement. >>> >>> >>>Well "The IIUG", by which I take you mean the Directors, are volunteers, and >>>can't cover everything. Sometimes, just sometimes, you have to get off your >>>arse and find things out for yourself instead of waiting to be spoon-fed. >>> >>> > > > export CYNIC_MODE=ON > > C'mon, Neil . . you mean you didn't download and register it, burn it > to CD, and hand-deliver it to the Goob? My, what an insensitive, > uncaring person . . . > > unset CYNIC_MODE > > Guess one can't please everyone . . . poor Goob. Only took me five > minutes to find the right area to begin my download . . . . 8-) > > JWC >