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 Re: Informix 10 vs Oracle 10g DA Morgan said: > > RollForward Wizard wrote: >> Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> >>> RollForward Wizard said: >>> >>>> This is awesome work. I think it touches on some very salient points, >>>> especially regarding virtual processors and threading. It is amazing >>>> that Oracle technology could have gone so wrong despite the amount of >>>> money they have as a company, and how they could not come up with a >>>> better engine--or why haven't they dumped the current engine and made >>>> a >>>> new one that is actually better than any other product. Simply >>>> amazing. >>>> All that money and they can't find anyone to make their technology >>>> better >>>> than it is. They must have their priorities wrong, spending so much >>>> money >>>> on sales and marketing. :-) >>>> >>>> RE: http://www.IIUG.org/resources/articl...sOracle10g.pdf >>> >>> >>> You're pushing on an open door, trust me. I don't think there's a >>> single >>> person who uses Informix who doesn't wish that Informix and IBM were as >>> effective at creating brand awareness for Informix as Oracle is. >>> >>> And then you'll find plenty of people who say Oracle don't spend >>> ENOUGH on >>> sales and marketing. >>> >> >> If you're IBM or any company, you have to have something to sell, and a >> market >> that likes what you sell. If there isn't a market for Informix, no >> matter how >> great it is, you are not going to sell Informix to anyone. IBM, Oracle, >> and >> Microsoft all sell a lot of software, some products more than others. >> At the >> end of the day, they look at what they sell, and make decisions, just >> like any >> business would. If it doesn't make money, why would they continue to >> push it? >> >> Oracle and Microsoft by the way do an excellent job of putting some >> pretty wrapping >> around all their products, something that is instructive for all of us. >> >> What does IBM need to do specifically to sell more Informix? Or is it >> less about >> "selling" Informix, and just making it more prominent, or visible, or >> legit, or ??? >> >> What do IBM need to do with Informix that gives the product its' proper >> place? >> >> New books? >> >> New co-op developer programs? ( IBM DB2 and Zend PHP Core for example ) >> >> New promotions? >> >> New advertising? >> >> New Web Seminars? >> >> Road shows? >> >> More White Papers? >> >> An Informix Magazine? >> >> Bumper Stickers? >> >> Kiosk/Appliance PCs with Informix pre-installed? >> >> Redbooks? >> >> Boat Races? >> >> Press Releases? > > Convince C-level management that it isn't a path without a future. > Right now it is impossible to view it as more viable than Sybase. > Most business owners are looking at the list of major app vendors > ... SAP ... Ok, eBusiness Suite (Oracle), PeopleSoft (Oracle), > JD Edwards (Oracle), Siebel (Oracle), and thinking ... why? > > And Informix is not the only product where the question is asked. > I think if one approaches it objectively, dispassionately, one > can reasonably conclude that it is too late. A world in which the > market is split between Oracle and Microsoft is not that hard to > envision. 205 days. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com sending to informix-list      |
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