Re: IDS 11 - Press Releases
Tool wrote: > I guarantee this, please save this message for next month. > > Here's what's going to happen. > > IBM will announce the release of Cheetah at the beginning of the month, > followed by absolutely nothing after that. NOTHING! > > Next, Oracle will be announcing with great fanfare their next release, > within a few days of Informix's release. They will offer a no-timebomb > trial, or whatever, without restrictions, and lots of marketing to go > with it. Lots of promotion, fanfare, marketing buzz, and totally > overshadow > anything IDS had. > > I guarantee that IBM won't be doing shit about Informix once they release > it next month. GUARANTEED. No developer programs or marketing, no > excitement, > no buzz, no marketing, A BIG NOTHING. I GUARAN-FUCKING-TEE IT. > > Press releases are important, but they offer nothing but opinions about the > product, and as you've already seen the press has already yawned over IDS. > > It's OVER before it ever got started. > > I GUARANTEE IT. A BIG NOTHING FOR IDS. NOTHING! > > Where's Sam Kineson when you need him? Oh! Oh! > > -t- > > Fernando Nunes wrote: >> Tool wrote: >>> Agreed. Notice that Oracle 11g comes out right after Informix, once >>> again, right in step with taking what little sunshine Informix will get, >>> almost deja vu all over again. >>> >>> Classic, truly classic. >>> >>> Interesting to see that IDS was discounted at the end: >>> >>> "Will IDS ever outshine DB2? Not bloody likely. Will it ever regain >>> its ranking as one of the three major databases in the world? That >>> would be a certain 'no,'" wrote Kernochan. "But can it still offer >>> performance for certain transaction patterns, and thereby make the >>> database a little less of a boat anchor? Yes, indeed." >>> >>> Great article, looks like IDS is expected to compete against Oracle, >>> and be a buddy with DB2, but discounted upfront as not in the same >>> league, even with the new features. >>> >>> Neil Truby wrote: >>>> < eric@herber-consulting.de> wrote in message >>>> news:1181661603.116030.71060@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com... >>>>> Today there have been several new press releases about IDS 11.1 >>>>> (Cheetah) published. >>>>> For those interested, here is a compilation of the press releases that >>>>> I've discovered: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.informix-zone.com/cheetah-press >>>> >>>> Thanks. The computerworld.com article is the most interesting. >>>> >>> >> >> If I'm allowed a few comments...: >> - What did IDS get it's name, customer loyalty etc...? Not the press >> releases I think... >> - We've been enjoying an opportunity we never had: to test a next release >> - Cheetah is loaded with features that really make a difference... >> - There are plans in place for more >> - Support is really working to improve customer experience. I never >> saw nothing like what's going on in the intranet. Just today I was >> sending a colleague some links (most of them external) with lot's of >> information... He just kept saying "wow... where did you get all >> this?". The answer is: These guys are producing info like never before :) >> >> So... my point: who really cares about press-releases? I have a very >> limited and very local visibility over customers, but I'd bet most of >> them wouldn't read this even if I sent it to them. On the other hand >> when I send them the papers about MACH 11, LBAC, RTO etc. they tell >> me: Great! That's what I was looking for! >> >> Regards. >> > Timmmy??? Is that you behind the Nom' de' Plume? The invective and "vocabulary" makes me think so... ;-)