Re: Four J's compiler, Remember Wingz ?

David Kosenko wrote: > I believe 4Js has failed to win a wider market for their 4gl tool simply because > they are not Informix, i.e. they don't have the name recognition, and thus lack > the trust of the developer community. I believe that in packaging the tool as > an Informix product, Informix will see a great deal of success with it. It > really represents the direction Informix *should* have taken years ago, rather > than waste their time and effort on NewError. There is a huge 4gl market out > there that Dynamic 4gl will provide a great migration path for. > Hmmm,I heard a story that 4J's wanted to also work on Oracle, but it was nixed. The same story said that this partnership with Informix has a long history.... > And no matter what else comes of it, the TRUE benefit to Informix with Dynamic > 4gl is that it resulted in Jonathan returning to the Informix fold ;-) (and > Jonathan himself certainly seems enthusiastic about the product, which is a damn > good endorsement in my mind). > > :Informix marketing group finds it very difficult to dominate even in RDBMS market, > :eventhough they have the best available RDBMS engine, so I won't be surprised if this > :Dynamic 4GL / 4J crash lands like Wingz. > > What you say is true, historically, of Informix. However, I have to say that > after hearing the new VP of Marketing, Diane Fraiman (not sure of the spelling > of her last name there), speak at the Partner's Forum this past week, I do > believe Informix has finally found the right person to head up marketing. I > found her refreshingly forthright and honest, something typically uncommon on > the marketing side of the house. If she is able to deliver on all that she has > spoken of intending to do, then there should be very good things to come for > Informix. > So you went to the Partners forum. How was it?The only info I got was that there were about 300 attendees? Not much on the sponsor side. Source was kinda flat on the whole event. Sort of a non-event for PRs sake. What are your feelings? > ********** > "Everybody plays the fool, sometimes." If you ever read Shakespeare, you will find that the fool is really the wisest character of all. Sort of a character whose only purpose is to move the plot along and explain things that may not be so obvious. -Uncle Mikey (6 nephews, 1 niece who thinks she's a boy ;-)