Re: Migrating to Oracle <sigh>

Posted in 2007

Jerry Hamilton — Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:59:50 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Take your pick....Peoplesoft,,,SAP,,,BAAN... I know Gary missed IDUG North America,,,will he make it to KC for the big launch? --- Christine Normile <christinenormile@mac.com> wrote: > Please provide Gary Proctor (gproctor@us.ibm.com) of > IBM with the > information regarding the ERP in question. I > believe he is now > tasked with working with vendors to retain support > for Informix or > port applications to Informix. > > Christine > On Jun 1, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Brian McLaughlin wrote: > > > Well... after 6+ years of working with Informix > here at George Fox > > University, our ERP vendor has decided to > discontinue the product > > we're > > on, and support will trail off to none by 2011 > (we've already seen a > > huge drop in support as their people move to other > products). So > > we've > > had salesmen and demos over the last 3-4 months. > A decision has been > > made. We're going with a vendor that only > supports Oracle. > > > > I've grown to really love Informix -- it just > works. We've had a > > variety of issues with our systems over the last 6 > years (boot drive > > failure, network adapter problem, etc) -- the only > problem that had > > anything to do with the Informix database was when > I pulled a wrong > > drive out of the box and downed a dataspace by > mistake. Support from > > Informix has been great. > > > > Going up on a new system needs to be timed around > the academic > > schedule > > -- it will be about a 2-year process. So we'll > keep Informix running > > for at least a couple years as we get the new > system in, translate our > > data, move the various offices onto the new > software, etc. But I wish > > we could have gone with a system that supports > Informix. I really > > wish > > we could have. > > > > Brian McLaughlin > > Administrative Computing > > George Fox University > > (503) 554-2587 > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

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Neil Truby — Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:44:32 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Jerry Hamilton" <bigdaddyjerry@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:mailman.92.1180757198.13675.informix-list@iiug.org... > > Take your pick....Peoplesoft,,,SAP,,,BAAN... You forgot Lawson. This (dissuading ISVs from dropping Informix) is another area, like the resurgent marketing, that IBM needs to sink investment into.

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John Carlson — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:28:10 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:44:32 +0100, "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote: >"Jerry Hamilton" <bigdaddyjerry@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:mailman.92.1180757198.13675.informix-list@iiug.org... >> >> Take your pick....Peoplesoft,,,SAP,,,BAAN... > >You forgot Lawson. ..........grrrrrrrrrr.......... I still remember that whole thing . . . .. >This (dissuading ISVs from dropping Informix) is another area, like the >resurgent marketing, that IBM needs to sink investment into. > Agreed. Customers may not want to fight change; it might be easier to convert to another database. JWC