RE: Informix Warehouse Feature

> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:46:19 +0000 > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Informix Warehouse Feature > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > The issue is that its going to cause a bit of a problem for Jerry Keesee > > and Ambush. You now have two engines in the LUW space which can compete > > against one another. > > Gumby, back in the day, how many times did you ever come up against DB2 > in a competitive sale? I NEVER did, it was always Oracle and / or SQL > Server. If that didn't happen before, why is it an issue now? > Ah, you ask a dangerous question ... I'll keep it simple. I'm not talking about competition with an external competitor, I'm talking about competition within IBM as to which product to compete with. The issue is training and more importantly how do you incent the sales team to sell the right product? There's more to this, but I don't want to bore you with details , issues and trivial matters that only an IBMer would understand. After all, you're jsut a clown and I don't want to be accused of giving Mark some free FUD. ;-) _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail®. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme