Re: Goodbye

rkusenet wrote: > Hi all, > > With a heavy heart I have to say that time has come for me to > retire from c.d.i. I have been working with Informix products > for more than a decade (since OL 5.1) but I doubt I will ever > work again. I am changing job and in my new job I will work > with any database except Informix:-(. > > Without seeing the familiar onstat and dbaccess on my desktop on > a daily basis, there is absolutely no motivation for me to read , > c.d.i let alone post. > > I just love this product. In fact I feel that anyone who works > with Informix first (before other databases) will be spoiled for > good because of its elegance and power, something I can tell from > my experience with SQLServer and a brief exposure to DB2 on LUW. > > The c.d.i community has always been excellent and I would like > to mention Jonathan Leffler, Art Kagel, Madison Pruet in particular > for their technical help. > > And yes- special mention to trolls like Tim Schafer( I suspect his > new avatar to be Datagoob), Mark Townsend (super sense of humOr) > and Daniel Morgan (absolutely n(0) pretentions of impartiality). > > ravi Absolutely. You might call it one of the benefits of academic freedom. But if you find yourself working with and cursing Oracle feel free to drop me a line and I'll help you any way I can. Best wishes. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:14:42 -0800, DA Morgan <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote: >rkusenet wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> With a heavy heart I have to say that time has come for me to >> retire from c.d.i. I have been working with Informix products >> for more than a decade (since OL 5.1) but I doubt I will ever >> work again. I am changing job and in my new job I will work >> with any database except Informix:-(. >> >> Without seeing the familiar onstat and dbaccess on my desktop on >> a daily basis, there is absolutely no motivation for me to read , >> c.d.i let alone post. >> >> I just love this product. In fact I feel that anyone who works >> with Informix first (before other databases) will be spoiled for >> good because of its elegance and power, something I can tell from >> my experience with SQLServer and a brief exposure to DB2 on LUW. >> >> The c.d.i community has always been excellent and I would like >> to mention Jonathan Leffler, Art Kagel, Madison Pruet in particular >> for their technical help. >> >> And yes- special mention to trolls like Tim Schafer( I suspect his >> new avatar to be Datagoob), Mark Townsend (super sense of humOr) >> and Daniel Morgan (absolutely n(0) pretentions of impartiality). >> >> ravi > >Absolutely. You might call it one of the benefits of academic >freedom. But if you find yourself working with and cursing Oracle >feel free to drop me a line and I'll help you any way I can. > Help him curse Oracle? That'll be the day . . . .8-) Another "couldn't resist" JWC

John Carlson wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:14:42 -0800, DA Morgan > <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote: > > >>rkusenet wrote: >> >> >>>Hi all, >>> >>>With a heavy heart I have to say that time has come for me to >>>retire from c.d.i. I have been working with Informix products >>>for more than a decade (since OL 5.1) but I doubt I will ever >>>work again. I am changing job and in my new job I will work >>>with any database except Informix:-(. >>> >>>Without seeing the familiar onstat and dbaccess on my desktop on >>>a daily basis, there is absolutely no motivation for me to read , >>>c.d.i let alone post. >>> >>>I just love this product. In fact I feel that anyone who works >>>with Informix first (before other databases) will be spoiled for >>>good because of its elegance and power, something I can tell from >>>my experience with SQLServer and a brief exposure to DB2 on LUW. >>> >>>The c.d.i community has always been excellent and I would like >>>to mention Jonathan Leffler, Art Kagel, Madison Pruet in particular >>>for their technical help. >>> >>>And yes- special mention to trolls like Tim Schafer( I suspect his >>>new avatar to be Datagoob), Mark Townsend (super sense of humOr) >>>and Daniel Morgan (absolutely n(0) pretentions of impartiality). >>> >>>ravi >> >>Absolutely. You might call it one of the benefits of academic >>freedom. But if you find yourself working with and cursing Oracle >>feel free to drop me a line and I'll help you any way I can. >> > > > Help him curse Oracle? That'll be the day . . . .8-) > > Another "couldn't resist" > > JWC I do it frequently. Rarely in writing. But often in public. Come to the Northwest Oracle Users Group Winter Conference on February 1st and no doubt you will find more than a few choice words ... well deserved ... and delivered to an audience that will benefit from them. To get a better sense of how freely many of us feel to speak ill of Oracle you might want to pick up a copy of the book Oracle Insights Tales of the Oak Table by Mogen Norgaard et al. ISBN 1-59059-37-1. Unlike people who work for, or with, some products we don't stifle our criticism when it is deserved. The reason you may see me in a different light is that I only post in groups like c.d.informix and c.d.ibm-db2 when it is for the purposes of correcting misinformation. I'm not here just to irritate though some may react that way as is their right and I understand and respect it. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)