Re: Passport Advantage withdrawal

Posted in 2005

Dave Thacker — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:46:55 -0600 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Thursday 24 March 2005 13:19, Captain Pedantic wrote: > "malcolm weallans" <malcolm.iiug@btopenworld.com> wrote in message > news:1111689642.5871998502f0ce3ab9082bbc3bf05fa2@teranews... > > The official answer you will be given - and we are sent this message in > endless communications from IBM - is that the "ValuePackage is key to doing > business with IBM". This is a package you, the partner, can buy and it > gives software downloads, including Informix and You Pass We Pay rebates > for training. You're entitled to use some of the software to "Run your own > Business" and some of this, eg Tivoli for backups, can be quite useful. > > Personally I don't buy it out of pure, blind, > cut-of-your-nose-to-spite-your-face, principle. The charge - US$2,000, - > is peanuts to the CSFs, Morses (and of course Panaceas :-)) of this world > but is a lot of money to smaller BPs. And if it's so bloody "key to doing > business with IBM" why don't they give it away free? I don't see why I > should pay to get the ability to get my media for my custoemrs: we're > actually all supposed to be on the same side ... Sounds like you're yearning to support Free Software. You can get all the copies of PostgreSQL you want.... DT -- Dave Thacker Senior Systems Administrator Omni Hotels Reservation Center V:402-952-6535 F:402-334-8013 M: 402-981-4613 (24/7) sending to informix-list