Re: Product Announcement: Free GUI DBA Tools

In article <33B8886D.B4F2D971@mindspring.com>, Tim Schaefer <tschaefe@mindspring.com> writes >Clem Akins wrote: >> >> >usergrp@informix.com (Christine Shannon) wrote: >> >>Product Announcement: GUI Database Administration Tools, ROM 2.1. >> >> Kerry Sainsbury writes: >> >Isn't this an excellent example of how to deliver useful information >> >to us users? WELL DONE INFORMIX -- it's great to see such a massive >> >*lack* of Marketing waffle and to have huge wads of *useful* information >> >in an Informix press release. >> > >> >Again: WELL DONE. (and please do it again :-) >> >> Thank you, Kerry, for taking the time to notice a job well done. This >> announcement was a real breakthrough at Informix, representing a new >> way to provide information to users. This is one of the "P's" of marketing, >> something about which I have noticed too many complaints in this forum. >> >> CDI, if you appreciate this kind of information, then be sure to vocalize >> it as well as you do your frustration with the more conventional, hyperbole- >> laden pablum that typifies IT marketing. >> >> If you like it, reward it with praise. >> Good ROM, nice ROM, siiiiiiiiit....Yeah! Yeah! Like it! Like it! Woof! [Sorry but I'm in a silly mood tonight!]. All I want now is some graphical performance monitoring tools.. > >> ______________________________________________________ >> Clem Akins (aka clema@informix.com) >> Informix Software, Inc (Standard disclaimers apply) >> International Technical Support >> Last seen: "Get back to work, you!" in Auckland, NZ > ><ANIMATE MOTION=JUMP DIRECTION=THROUGH_HOOP> ><WHISTLE> ><BELL> > >I like it I like it I like it I like it! > >:-) > ></BELL> ></WHISTLE> ></ANIMATE> > -- David Williams