Re: Update on C.D.I gatherings....

In article <31E1F874.3F27@segel.com>, Mike Segel <mikey@segel.com> writes >Hey guys, > >Its your roving alcoholic cafine junkie of a programmer with >an update to the CDI gathering. > Yeah Yeah Yeah tell me tell me......I'm sure the coffee in this place is getting stronger....making up for the cafine-free cr*p we had to drink the other week. <Snip> >(Sorry Paula 8^() But that's OK Informix, there are some of us >who think that Informix should clean the slate and start afresh. > >We also think that Informix should still enhance the 4GL language. >Better support for dynamic allocation of space. > Agreed. >We also came to the conclusion that Sybase is dead too but hey, >its CDI so I don't think that there were any Sybase fans there. > Could this be why they are laying off staff as someone suggested? >Concensus also says that we, at least those I talked to, are sick >of the head hunters who constantly post their ads to this group, >over and over again. To those who post: Hey guys, we read your >friggen ads. If we were interested in them, we would contact you >already. Give it a rest. Besides, if we wanted a job, we would read >misc.jobs.offered or misc.contracts.offered, OR we could spend >some money on the girl standing across the street... >(Whoops, wrong type of job 8^0 ) > >BTW, I'm sorry guys, The bar tomorrow night is within walking distance. >(OK so your hotels were 3.5 km or 2 miles away. Look on the >bright side. You burned off some of the calories your going to get >from all the great food Chicago has to offer.) > >I think the most hated person is Fred H. for calling for a 6:45am >Meeting for an IIUG sub committee meeting. I will sure hate to >be him tomorrow ..... (Hey Fred, you had better buy the coffee ;-) > >Well its 1:15 am and it's time for me to get some sleep before >tomorrow.... > >-Rantings from Mike > >BTW, Billy, its good to see that I'm not the only one complaining >about the spam and cross postings that don't belong. > >PS. For those who hate non technical posts, I am sorry. I did this >strictly for those who can't make it to the conference and don't want >to be left out of the inuendos (sp?) and inside jokes. Don't leave me out of anything...who knows next year when I get some money together I may even you you. -- David Williams