Re: Announcing: The IBM Customer Advisory Council for Informix

mark.scranton@gmail.com wrote: > Wow ... > > Why can't the announcement of the CAC for Informix be what it was > intended? ....good news for the Informix community. It has now been > twisted and changed into a completely different meaning than was > intended. Perhaps because so much of what these people have been told has been giving with one hand while taking away with the other. And no doubt many are probably thinking what I am: "Oh goodie ... a committee." Why not give them what they have been begging for for years. A decent promotional campaign targeted at new licenses from non-Informix customers so that Informix doesn't become the new Fox. What good are new features when all they are being used for is to hang on to an existing, yet dwindling, base? Rearranging the deck chairs did not save the Titanic. Deliver what is required and you'll not feel like a target. -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)

DA Morgan wrote: > mark.scranton@gmail.com wrote: >> Wow ... >> >> Why can't the announcement of the CAC for Informix be what it was >> intended? ....good news for the Informix community. It has now been >> twisted and changed into a completely different meaning than was >> intended. > > Perhaps because so much of what these people have been told has been > giving with one hand while taking away with the other. And no doubt > many are probably thinking what I am: "Oh goodie ... a committee." > > Why not give them what they have been begging for for years. A decent > promotional campaign targeted at new licenses from non-Informix > customers so that Informix doesn't become the new Fox. > > What good are new features when all they are being used for is to > hang on to an existing, yet dwindling, base? Rearranging the deck chairs > did not save the Titanic. Deliver what is required and you'll not feel > like a target. I love your analogies... priceless! :-)