RE: thank you IBM

Easiest way to merge the two products would be to slap the DB2 brand name on the IDS product and begin marketing.... Oops I'm speaking heresy... Rob --- "Gentsch, Sam" <Sam.Gentsch@polycom.com> wrote: > I recently saw the Informix Roadmap and they appear > to have "given up" > on the > Arrowhead thing. > > The IBM-ers cringe every time I use that name. :) > > It is fun to see the "cross pollination" as a friend > calls it, from both > sides. > > s > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hamilton, Jerry > [mailto:hamiltoj@fleishman.com] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:05 AM > To: 'Dirk Moolman'; rkusenet; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: thank you IBM > > > Interesting you that you say.... > > >"Just remember that Project Arrowhead will bring > Informix and DB2 > closer, > so that > > eventually the 2 will be 1, so for Informix DBA's > the change will be > gradual." > > I was in a database futures meeting here the other > day and I brought up > the > whole IFMX to DB2 Arrowhead thingy.... Senior > management looked at me > and > asked, "How much longer does IBM need?" > > I dunno. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dirk Moolman [mailto:DirkM@mxgroup.co.za] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:21 AM > To: rkusenet; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: thank you IBM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On > Behalf Of rkusenet > > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:55 PM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: thank you IBM > > > > "nobody" <nobody@devnull.org> wrote > > > > > I'm not sure exactly the point you are trying to > make. > > > You'll see leakage from the Informix customer base > for several > > reasons.... > > > 1) 3rd Party Aps not ported to Informix in future > releases. > > > 2) Coporations changing their IT direction > > > 3) Customer want to consolidate their vendors and > platforms. > > > > > > >the thanks is for excellent marketing they have > done to 'promote' > > >Informix and dispelling any FUD to existing user > base and ISVs. > > >I have been told by an IBM employee that more than > 50% of ex-Informix > > >employees are now working on Db2. > > >Yeah they are going ahead with 9.50. Who cares? > What is the point in > > >upgrading when eventually they have to migrate to > some other DB. > > > > > > Just remember that Project Arrowhead will bring > Informix and DB2 closer, > so > that eventually the 2 will be 1, so for Informix > DBA's the change will > be > gradual. > > > > DB2 has already built - into their latest version - > HA (replication), > taken > from Informix. A couple of Informix features have > already been ported to > DB2. > > I choose to be optimistic - technology is still > improving. > > > > > ________________________________ > > << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 1754 Spam > messages and set aside > 712 > Newsletters for me > You can use it too - and it's FREE! > www.ellaforspam.com > > sending to informix-list > sending to informix-list > > sending to informix-list ===== Rob Vorbroker Phone: 513/336-8695 Vorbroker Consulting, Inc. Fax: 513/336-6812 www.vorbroker.com robv@vorbroker.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ sending to informix-list