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| Neil Truby wrote: > "Fernando Nunes" <spam@domus.online.pt> wrote in message > news:bv5it9$nhamf$1@ID-161111.news.uni-berlin.de... > >>Neil Truby wrote: >> >>>Me too. And I really appreciate the information and the contact, thank > > you > >>>very much. >>>I would say, however, that having last week carried out a wide canvas of > > UK > >>>Informix users, we find plenty of migrants to SQL Server, some to Oracle > > and > >>>MySQL, even one to Progress .... but not a single one to DB2. >>>I hope IBM knows what it is doing ... Why break the habit of a lifetime? ;-) > Despite all this however, there is an unavoidable problem. People perceive > Informix to be a dying product, and they don't want to risk being stuck on a > dying product. I think a lot of people perceive DB2 to be a dying product. :-) > And so the user base erodes inexorably. I suppose IBM are prepared to > accept this provided DB2 picks up its fair share of the defectors. My > experience is that it isn't. Still, it helps keep Oracle & Microsoft afloat. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list |
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