Re: Passport Advantage: Conclusion
In the Passport Advantage follow-up, David E. Grove said the State of Alaska agency was leaving Informix for another database, citing poor IBM service and declining Informix use. A poster offered to raise it with IBM and asked him to stay; Mark Townsend replied sarcastically with a welcome aboard. Nothing was resolved.
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Will be mention tomorrow by me to IBM
> Will be mention tomorrow by me to IBM Thanks for your concern. We think we understand why we get short shrift: It's simple economics. There's nothing really in it for IBM. Use of Informix in State of Alaska agencies has been declining (very few $ for IBM) for the past few years-- so far as I know, our agency is the very last one. But, we, too, have decided to fold our Informix tent (in large part due to unacceptable customer service from IBM) and are currently implementing plans to gO tO sOme Other database platfOrm. Technologically, I have misgivings about the upcoming switch because I just have doubts about the whole multiversioning thing. But, I suppose, with proper study & understanding, and upon getting out of the re-education camps, I will probably embrace it. Millions use it; it must be gOOd. Anyway, it's the old "The king is dead; long live the king" thing. DG
Any chance you could stayt with IBM if I can get them to work better with you? I talked to the north europe salesman for Informix Databases today and I've got contacts in IBM now... I'M HAPPY TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE IBM CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND GET THEM TO WORK BETTER WITH CUSTOMERS...
> are currently implementing plans to gO tO sOme Other > database platfOrm. WelcOme abOard.