Re: [Fwd: BUSINESS ANALYST/ CALIPER/ CONTRACT/ VA]

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > Eric Herber said: >> Christine Normile wrote: >>> >>> Hi Marco - >>> >>> Thanks for bring this to my attention. I've contacted Checkfree's CTO >>> and >>> will work to bring them up to date on our data server strategy and our >>> team will work to turn this around. >>> >>> Thanks again. >>> >> >> Christine, >> >> this is only one example of the consequences of a non-existing >> Informix product marketing. >> >> It doesn't help if you speak with every Informix software vendor >> personally. >> Reserve your time and do an appropriate, vital product marketing for >> Informix and then those things will not happen. > > To be fair to Christine, she is doing what she can and it's great that she > is prepared to make the effort. However, it is crazy to have to have a > team that goes around to one vendor after another and says "this is what > we're doing, this is why you should support it, yadda, yadda, yadda..." It > would be much more efficient for IBM to just start advertising IDS again, > and start trumpeting the deals they get for IDS. That will tell vendors > about IBM's commitment much more clearly than having a SWAT team going > round and picking up the pieces. > Obnoxio, I agree 100% with you on that. They have to give Informix an identity back, start advertising and have to work with the press and the analysts. This is the only way it works, other strategies are only a waste of valuable time.