RE: TechInfo Centre as was

Posted in 2004

Brian Minnick — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:06:37 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3DC39.F4C84CC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I've just completed the first three Oracle DBA classes and I'm telling you it's not pretty. Talk about how high it can be piled! Informix has it's problems with support, but you're not going to believe how much support from Oracle will be needed to administrate this behemoth. Just my thoughts, Brian -----Original Message----- From: David E. Grove [mailto:david_grove@correct.state.ak.us] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:58 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: TechInfo Centre as was We, too, have decided to move to O David Grove "Hamilton, Jerry" <hamiltoj@fleishman.com> wrote in message news:bu74rq$la6$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > >so we should investigate the possiblity of moving to Orrible or Squeal > Server. > > Bingo! Same here. And to think, at one time I bled blue... > > -----Original Message----- > From: christopher.coleman@mediware.com > [mailto:christopher.coleman@mediware.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:12 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: TechInfo Centre as was > > > Neil Truby described a depressingly familiar scenario... > > So it seems that everything may be changing again soon. > > We keep running into this here, too. After spending nearly a year getting a > new OEM contract, we have suddenly found that we can only get information > and downloads through Passport Advantage. We were also told that the site > technical contact would be able to set up the accounts for us. > > My name, Christopher Coleman, was submitted with the contract paperwork as > site technical contact, but I never received any of the information. After > calling several different people, I was told that our site primary contact > (who is the comptroller) would have to set me up. I dragged him away from > his desk to listen to the speaker phone as we went through this. Half way > through the process, we are told, "It says here your site technical contact > is Chris Coleman. He should have all the info." > > My cry of "That would be ME!" was probably audible at the call centre, which > is a few miles from my office. > > Unfortunately, after all the effort and a couple more weeks dealing with > various people, it turns out my site has two PPA contracts, one of which is > useless. This is the one to which we have access. I was actually told to > create a new account (which would be my thirteenth IBM login) and have the > site technical contact add me to the other contract. Meanwhile, the > comptroller and I have two different people contacting us about merging the > contracts, each insisting there is only one person who can do this for us, > each offering a different name. > > Andy Kent made a snarky remark: > > How many more lose-lose situations do you think IBM can conspire to > > invent to drive its remaining customers away? > > Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth to it. My company's comptroller, who > has far more influence than a lowly database analyst, has decided that IBM > is too hard to work with, so we should investigate the possiblity of moving > to Orrible or Squeal Server. > > Sincerely, > > Christopher Coleman > > Database Analyst > Pharmacy Division > Mediware Information Systems, Inc. > tel: 913/307-1073 > sending to informix-list ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3DC39.F4C84CC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2654.45"> <TITLE>RE: TechInfo Centre as was</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I've just completed the first three Oracle DBA = classes and I'm telling you it's not pretty.  Talk about = how high it can be piled! Informix has it's problems with support, but = you're not going to believe how much support from Oracle will = be needed to administrate this behemoth. Just my thoughts, Brian -----Original Message----- From: David E. Grove [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:david_grove@correct.state.ak.us">mailto:david_grove@corre= ct.state.ak.us</A>] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:58 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: TechInfo Centre as was We, too, have decided to move to O David Grove "Hamilton, Jerry" = <hamiltoj@fleishman.com> wrote in message <A = HREF=3D"news:bu74rq$la6$1@terabinaries.xmission.com" = TARGET=3D"_blank">news:bu74rq$la6$1@terabinaries.xmission.com</A>...</FO= NT> > > >so we should investigate the possiblity of = moving to Orrible or Squeal > Server. > > Bingo!  Same here.  And to think, at = one time I bled blue... > > -----Original Message----- > From: christopher.coleman@mediware.com > [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:christopher.coleman@mediware.com">mailto:christopher.cole= man@mediware.com</A>] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:12 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: TechInfo Centre as was > > > Neil Truby described a depressingly familiar = scenario... > > So it seems that everything may be = changing again soon. > > We keep running into this here, too.  = After spending nearly a year getting a > new OEM contract, we have suddenly found that = we can only get information > and downloads through Passport Advantage.  = We were also told that the site > technical contact would be able to set up the = accounts for us. > > My name, Christopher Coleman, was submitted = with the c

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