Re: UK Informix meeting...

Graham Nicholls wrote: > > Hmmm. I'm thinking of investing some time in becoming a bit more > knowledgeable about Informix, so when are you planning to do this, and can > anyone come along? I live in Whitton - about 10 minutes by the only > sensible way to travel in London - scooter, so this would be pretty > convenient for me. > It will be after the Infobahn tomorrow...I'm available to talk to anyone... GRAB ME...I'll be the one NOT wearing a suit... Also Nick Beevers from IBM who is one of the UK Informix User Group contacts has confirmed to me he will be there... I'm not suire if the other contact Kenton Turner will be there but I was in a meeting all of this afternoon. > This sounds like flamebait, but isn't, I promise! Does Informix have a > future? I have a friend who is an expert, and he reckons that it has, but Yes. IBM is investing more resources in Informix than Informix themselves did. They have more developers working on Informix than Informix did! They do 60,000 regression tests per night...more than Informix did! They have plans up to 2010.. > I wonder if I'd be better off looking at the open source alternatives > (mysql in particular). What do you think? > Look at those as well...why limit yourself to one thing? > Thanks > Graham > -- > The answer's always "Yes". > Now, what was the question? > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----