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Whither Informix?

Posted in 2006

Summary

Not a technical problem but a marketing/visibility gripe: the poster asked why the expected publicity blitz for Informix Dynamic Server 10 never materialised, having seen only one poor CRN item. Replies said no such blitz was ever planned, and that any marketing push would more likely come ahead of the release codenamed "Cheetah". Others complained Informix was absent from IBM Software Live in London (which featured DB2 9) and that UK Informix training and EGL information were hard to find; links to IBM's UK course catalogue and EGL (part of Rational Application Developer) were supplied. No resolution beyond those pointers.

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Double Echo — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I thought there was going to be some kind of news/media blitz for Informix 10? I keep waiting and watching but haven't seen anything but that awful CRN news item. What happened?

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Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Double Echo said: > I thought there was going to be some kind of news/media blitz for Informix > 10? > > I keep waiting and watching but haven't seen anything but that awful CRN > news item. > > What happened? Surely that should have been "wither Informix"? :oD -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.

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Double Echo — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Double Echo said: >> I thought there was going to be some kind of news/media blitz for Informix >> 10? >> >> I keep waiting and watching but haven't seen anything but that awful CRN >> news item. >> >> What happened? > > Surely that should have been "wither Informix"? :oD > I was going to use that... :-)

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scottishpoet — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Double Echo wrote: > I thought there was going to be some kind of news/media blitz for Informix 10? > > I keep waiting and watching but haven't seen anything but that awful CRN news item. > > What happened? Don't believe there was a plan to do a media blitz on IDS 10 I think there may be some marketing budget to have some marketing prior to the launch of the product currently codenamed "cheetah". Will this be a "blitz" or a drip feed over the next 6 months? lets see

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Captain Pedantic — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"scottishpoet" <dryburghj@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1161985236.311350.185960@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... > > Double Echo wrote: >> I thought there was going to be some kind of news/media blitz for >> Informix 10? >> >> I keep waiting and watching but haven't seen anything but that awful CRN >> news item. >> >> What happened? > > Don't believe there was a plan to do a media blitz on IDS 10 The IBM thought police will be paying you a visit soon!

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malcolm weallans — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

And it wasn't even mentioned at IBM Software Live - an IBM Software division event this week in London. But they did give pride of place to DB2 9. However, we mustn't be downhearted. Informix training in the UK is still almost impossible to find on the IBM web-site and is still not part of mainstream IBM training - it even highlights this in the catalog - and when I tried to find any information on EGL I kept being sent from one group to another. So, IBM in chaos - what's new Regards Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Double Echo Sent: 27 October 2006 17:59 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Whither Informix? I thought there was going to be some kind of news/media blitz for Informix 10? I keep waiting and watching but haven't seen anything but that awful CRN news item. What happened? _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

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scottishpoet — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

informix training in the UK go here http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/gb/en?pageType=page&c=a0004364 put informix in the search box at the top and make sure the drop down is course catalogue

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scottishpoet — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

EGL (Enterprise Generation language) is a component of IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere ( Ithink this was previously called WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.1). http://www-05.ibm.com/services/learning/uk/ta-iris.nsf/ec285cfdf5c56221c125666e002a7915/bf59c8139325f93680257149002a17ce?OpenDocument

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