ALL:

I can positively assert that according to a blind independent study of a
statistically significant group of customers and business partners
around the world, they are surely NOT migrating away from Informix in
droves. In fact, 80% of respondents, in this survey which has been
conducted and re-validated over several quarters, state that they are
staying with IBM. Of those, a measurable percent have considered DB2;
in many cases, that consideration is due to a particular ISV application
that works with DB2 UDB, not that IBM is forcing them to look.

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:14:55 -0400, WW Informix Marketing
<""mhiskey\"@DO-NOT-E-MAIL ME.ibm.com> wrote:

>ALL:
>
>I can positively assert that according to a blind independent study of a
>statistically significant group of customers and business partners
>around the world, they are surely NOT migrating away from Informix in
>droves. In fact, 80% of respondents, in this survey which has been
>conducted and re-validated over several quarters, state that they are
>staying with IBM. Of those, a measurable percent have considered DB2;
>in many cases, that consideration is due to a particular ISV application
>that works with DB2 UDB, not that IBM is forcing them to look.

Yes, but staying with IBM is not necessarily the same as staying with
Informix products...

Not all customers are staying with IBM nor Informix. Unfortunately (for me
as well) our company has decided to switch to Oracle...

"WW Informix Marketing" <""mhiskey\"@DO-NOT-E-MAIL ME.ibm.com> wrote in
message news:bknhnc$1jua$2@news.btv.ibm.com...
> ALL:
>
> I can positively assert that according to a blind independent study of a
> statistically significant group of customers and business partners
> around the world, they are surely NOT migrating away from Informix in
> droves. In fact, 80% of respondents, in this survey which has been
> conducted and re-validated over several quarters, state that they are
> staying with IBM. Of those, a measurable percent have considered DB2;
> in many cases, that consideration is due to a particular ISV application
> that works with DB2 UDB, not that IBM is forcing them to look.
>

WW Informix Marketing wrote:
> ALL:
>
> I can positively assert that according to a blind independent study of a
> statistically significant group of customers and business partners
> around the world, they are surely NOT migrating away from Informix in
> droves. In fact, 80% of respondents, in this survey which has been
> conducted and re-validated over several quarters, state that they are
> staying with IBM. Of those, a measurable percent have considered DB2;
> in many cases, that consideration is due to a particular ISV application
> that works with DB2 UDB, not that IBM is forcing them to look.
>

ISV dropping support for Informix is caused by IBM position...
and these are the customers which will first look for Oracle or SQL Server.
Most of them already have experience in one of these products, so why
risk an unknown one?

The ones which have custom applications on top of Informix obviously see
no reasons for imediate change to another DB.

Regards.