Re: Informix Positive Post #2

Denham, Mark wrote: > Absolutely agree with the "not getting fired for buying oracle > comment". A couple of CIOs have said as much to me in the past to > justify switching from informix and/or db2. Don't know anyone who's ever been fired for insisting on Informix either. A few, like me I guess, have quit over the issue, but none fired. ;-) Art S. Kagel Oninit > -----Original Message----- > *From:* informix-list-bounces@iiug.org > [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org]*On Behalf Of *Ian Michael > Gumby > *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:26 AM > *To:* Neil Truby; informix-list@iiug.org > *Subject:* RE: Informix Positive Post #2 > > > > > From: neil.truby@ardenta.com > > > Well I agree with this to an extent. But ultimately, if the > world thinks > > that the database is dead technology, the customers will resist, > the little > > app vendor will note that resistance, and develop on something more > > "mainstream". ISVs are a great boon to a database (and used to be > > Informix's strength), but there needs to be general product > awareness too. > > The two go hand-in-hand. > > > > Yup. > That's why you see Oracle *everywhere*. No one got fired for > chosing Oracle these days. > You used to say that about IBM. Now? Not so sure. Many shops are > "IBM as last choice". > Case in point. I know a company runs Oracle. Has Rational Clear > Case. (Customer that bought Rational products prior to IBM buying > Rational.) They needed an ETL product. (Not really sure they could > have developed one in house for less than the cost of the > product....) They didn't look at Ass-n-tail Datastage. Went with > Informatica without blinking an eye. > > The point is that the perception in the marketplace is not > favorable to IBM. S&D still has this IBM arrogance and it doesn't > play well outside of Aligned and Integrated accounts. And even in > them... IBM has some interesting times... ;-) This and the lack > of press/publications on IDS doesn't help a lot either. > > Its time for those in the know to think outside of the box. > > I did not know about the DB2 advertising. I think that its > interesting, and it does show that the user community is truly global. > > -G >