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Now these are the good words Nikita. I remember ur first mail ( toilet etc.. ) The IIUG guys has done a great job and made u say this. I'm proud of them. Abhay. l feel is a clearly superior product. We're just taking it out on Oracle because we got tired of beating our brows against the walls in Menlo Park. Ah, so you were all once Oracle DBA's and have now "seen the light" and gone with Informix? ;-) "Art S. Kagel" wrote: > Nikita wrote: > > > > "Mark D. Stock" wrote: > > > > > Nikita wrote: > >[SNIP] > > > > Hey, I never said that. ;-). I'm just expressing my views, as you guys were when > > you slammed Oracle, which > > prompted me to post in the first place. > > I have noticed that people tend to "muddy the leader" if they feel threatened. > > When I've seen people posting on other database newsgroups with questions about > > using other vendor's products, the responses aren't like I have seen here in the > > Informix group (and I just started poking around here) -- they are typically > > answered in a professional manner - not slamming that product at all. I would > > hope for the same from here....not a response of well, switch to Informix because > > that other db is a piece of crap kind of answer. > > Just my .02 cents > [SNIP] > > We don't slam Oracle out of frustration that it is such a superior product > to the one we all know and love. It is really out of frustration at > Informix for not being able to get the market coverage and name saturation > for what we al > > Art S. Kagel --------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com
Careful now, I know it's hard to pick up the sarcasm, but it's there ;-) abhay@cheerful.com wrote: > Now these are the good words Nikita. > I remember ur first mail ( toilet etc.. ) > The IIUG guys has done a great job and made u say this. > I'm proud of them. > Abhay. > > l feel is a clearly superior product. We're just taking it > out on Oracle because we got tired of beating our brows against the walls > in Menlo Park. > > Ah, so you were all once Oracle DBA's and have now "seen the light" and gone with > Informix? ;-) > > "Art S. Kagel" wrote: > > > Nikita wrote: > > > > > > "Mark D. Stock" wrote: > > > > > > > Nikita wrote: > > >[SNIP] > > > > > > Hey, I never said that. ;-). I'm just expressing my views, as you guys were when > > > you slammed Oracle, which > > > prompted me to post in the first place. > > > I have noticed that people tend to "muddy the leader" if they feel threatened. > > > When I've seen people posting on other database newsgroups with questions about > > > using other vendor's products, the responses aren't like I have seen here in the > > > Informix group (and I just started poking around here) -- they are typically > > > answered in a professional manner - not slamming that product at all. I would > > > hope for the same from here....not a response of well, switch to Informix because > > > that other db is a piece of crap kind of answer. > > > Just my .02 cents > > [SNIP] > > > > We don't slam Oracle out of frustration that it is such a superior product > > to the one we all know and love. It is really out of frustration at > > Informix for not being able to get the market coverage and name saturation > > for what we al > > > > Art S. Kagel > > --------------------------------------------------- > Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com