RE: IDS to DB2 conversion

Posted in 2004

Hamilton, Jerry — Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:06:05 -0600 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This guy took the words right out of my mouth.... -----Original Message----- From: Captain Pedantic [mailto:theharlequin36@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:58 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: IDS to DB2 conversion ============================================================================ ============== And while we're at it, let's speculate at some of the possible reasons: - Antipathy towards IBM because they have killed off Informix, which the company presumably invested in in the first place for good reasons? - DB2's reputation as a mainframe database in the markets in which Informix is, or was, strong? - The desire to avoid repeating the mistake of choosing one of the minor databases in the marketplace? - Third-party vendor indifference to DB2 Finally, have you tried doing business with IBM? You wouldn't bother unless you absolutely *had* too .... sending to informix-list