Re: Informix and Lawson Software

John Carlson wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 11:12:25 +1000, "Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> > wrote: > >>Jay Aymond wrote: >> >>>Lawson Software has posted a "Letter to their customers" on their >>>support website indicating that Lawson will no longer support >>>Informix with the 8.1 release of the Lawson Environment. This is too >>>bad, as the main need for Informix at this site is due to the Lawson >>>Software ... more than likely, we will start looking at other options >>>to replace Informix. My guess is that it will not be DB2. >> >>Why not? Bitterness is no reason to make an expensive purchasing decision. >>That's probably worse than being sucked in my Marketing Drivel (TM). > > No,Mark, I don't think that it's bitterness. Consider the level at > which these decisions are made. It's not at our level. Besides, if > you already have Oracle in the house, then it may make sense to > convert over to Oracle. Especially if Lawson is the only software > running on Informix. Heck, Carl, I'm a little concerned at your name changing, as I seem to be the only "Mark" on this thread. I'd HATE to be blamed for something an Aussie said. :-) But if you were just addressing Andrew by his middle name, then I take it back. :^) > In our case, we have a lot of 4GL as well that ties in to Lawson. > Thankfully, the 8.0 Environment hasn't been decomissioned yet. Nor the 4GL. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list