RE: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006,TheNextInformix IDS Relea
It's far too obvious you don't live in Missouri... :-)
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-----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Double Echo Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 14:58 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006,TheNextInformix IDS Release... Martin Fuerderer wrote:
But of course it will not matter to DE, because it is only a blog of an IBMer, etc.
Well, partially true. The blog has a lot of gossip, not much fact. "Secret secret!, I can't say anything, shhhhhhh!". Show me some facts.
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And DE has made his (pre-mature) judgement and he will not be convinced otherwise by any current or future facts. ;-)
Facts always sway me, gossip does not. Let's see Informix by the numbers. I'm from Missouri, the Show-Me state. So Show Me.
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Besides, such change of opinion would require to admit that one was wrong before, which can be a difficult thing to do. On a personal level it is probably more difficult than to migrate a database or application from one platform to another on the technical level.
You made two assertions. One, you're wrong about admitting I'm wrong. PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG. IBM I AM BEGGING YOU TO PROVE ME WRONG. Two, I have migrated databases several times for a lot of companies and worked with most major databases, except Oracle, but even with Oracle I've had to admin systems where it was running, and I was the sys admin not the dba. I use SQLServer on a frequent basis, MySQL on a daily basis, and yes DB2. Set up DB2 HA on Windows. Set up DB2 cluster on Linux. Used and was DBA for XPS, IDS. Wrote tons of C,4GL. Now I write only Perl and PHP. Lots of Linux kernel management too.
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Often it is better to keep an open mind - to not close the door for reasonable decision making based on the right facts of the current time. Foregone conclusions will always limit your choices later. Once in the corner where one has put oneself it can be very difficult to get out again.
True dat. My family paid a heavy price for my staying too long with Informix before it died. But what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. The market will help you to have an open mind. I've gone on to learn a lot about just about every major database out there, and know the differences in features. So I think if there was or is anyone who keeps an open mind here in c.d.i., it is me. I had a lot of skin in the Informix game in the past, not going to make that mistake again until it shows itself as a winner, not a wimpy loser. You want an open mind, try thinking about what Informix looks like to the rest of the market. Try to imagine your circle of co-workers not having a clue what Informix is. Try to imagine management not knowing what Informix is. Then you will begin to understand my world. Get that non-crippled download out there so I can evaluate the product, and I'll join the party. I'm not going to play with something diddled with by the goddam IIUG or a "lite" version. And by the way, I didn't join the Oracle users' group or the MySQL users group and both of these products seem to be doing fine without my participation or volunteer effort. Cheers <raising pint beer glass> DE
Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006,TheNextInformix IDS Release..
JGP likes to trace mail headers in his spare time!
Sorry, JGP!
On Oct 11, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Double Echo wrote:
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Jean Georges Perrin wrote:
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It's far too obvious you don't live in Missouri... :-)
I didn't say I lived in Missouri, I said I was _from_ Missouri. And why is it "far too obvious I don't live in Missouri" ? Sorry, I don't get your meaning. _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.orghttp://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
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