RE: Why you can't trust IBM when it comes to committing to Informix.

> From: dcruncher4@aim.com > Subject: Re: Why you can't trust IBM when it comes to committing to Informix. > Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:43:13 -0700 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Neil Truby says... > > >The reason why the messages about IDS > >continues to lack clarity stems from IBM's reluctance to diminish DB2, and > >this presumably comes from at or near the top. > > > Pop quiz: Name one software company which markets/promotes two > products doing the same thing. > Well I was going to say pick any drug manufacturer. But how about Novell? (Novell OS and Linux OS) Then there's Cisco (Cisco product line and Linksys product line overlap) I'm sure if we think about it, there's software companies that through acquisitions have multiple products that do similar things. _________________________________________________________________ Test your Star IQ http://club.live.com/red_carpet_reveal.aspx?icid=redcarpet_HMTAGMAR