Re: IDS Next Version - features wanted - now widely off topic

> And that is *exactly* the case in my company, too. I have been shouting > for the last four years that Informix is *NOT* dead ... >...(those innovations are very > significant and long overdue), but that is all in vain when upper mgmt > still has the stubborn perception that "Informix is dead, long live DB2" > -- or, worse yet, "let's take another look at Oracle." That was also the situation in our shop. This perception (Informix is dead) coupled with our poor experience with PA/customer service were the two main drivers that lead to management's decision to change platforms for our new re-development. The sad thing is that effective, meaningful, consistent communication could have solved both problems-- In my personal opinion (I do not speak for my agency). DG