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Daniel A. Morgan, AKA, "Mr Oracle', an IBMer?!?!?!?

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailtowner-informix-list@iiug.org]
On Behalf Of Obnoxio The Clown
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:27 AM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

It's amazing what you can turn up on google:

'Daniel A. Morgan Jun 17 2001, 1:17 am
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
From: "Daniel A. Morgan" <dmor...@exesolutions.com> - Find messages by
this author
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:16:32 -0700
Local: Sun, Jun 17 2001 1:16 am
Subject: Re: informix/oracle comparison

wayne wrote:
> > Are you, officially as a representative of IBM, stating that IBM
> > will
> continue
> > to support and offer new versions of Informix as an independent
> > product
> for the
> > foreseeable future? Or are you just playing defense?

> Why don't you do your own research? the first hit returned on ibm.com

> if you search for "Informix" says they will continue to support and
> update
> Informix:

> http://www-4.ibm.com/software/data/news/pr2.html

Beg your pardon but the web site does not claim that they will continue
to support the product for the foreseeable future. In fact it doesn't
even guarantee a new version. It says updates which I read as "bug
fixes".

And providing a path for Informix customers does not necessarily mean
new version with new features. It could mean ... migrate to DB/2
Universal Server.

I understand your loyalty to your employer. I understand you are in the
cheerleading section. But quite frankly if Informix is still being
marketed as an independent product five years from now I'll be shocked.
And as someone else pointed out ... this is the company whose commitment
to OS/2 was rock solid.

Daniel A. Morgan '

So, I wonder who this nebbish is, and whether he's counting down the 206
days till IBM discontinues support for Informix as an independent
product.

Because he couldn't be wrong, now could he?

--
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
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