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#1 (**permalink**) 04-19-2008, 08:14 PM

I know that pricing and licensing affect the "leaving" issue. I can
see (even though our VAR has not yet announced it) that we will be
moving to MicroSlop Squeel. And so will the 180 plus other Colleges
served by our VAR. No there has been no formal announcement, but the
writing is very very plainly on the wall. The time frame is probably
within 5 years. And they will evidentally be migrating one branch of
services from O***** to Squeel as well.

Yes, I share the fondness of many of the other members of this group
for Informix. But the only constant consistent rule seems to be change.
Evolution and growth (and newer versions!) are always part and parcel
of the DBA's job. Too bad IBM's corporate strategizers seem to have
missed that essential fact. Too close to the sand to see the castle?

Serge Rielau wrote:

> Dirk Moolman wrote:
>
>>Man, I hope IBM is following this thread ...
>
> Here is what I have passed on so far out of this thread:
> "IBM needs to get more references of DB2 migrations out to disprove the
> perception that the base is mostly leaving to the competition."
>
> Given that the situation is rather ticklish it would be unreasonable to
> excpect IBM to aggressively push those references, but they ought to be
> available on the web.
> I'm sure folks here can follow if I say that anything aggresive would be
> seen as the final nail in the coffin of Informix by many customers.
>
> Honestly, was there anything more in this thread once all the ranting is
> cut out? I would love to have a serious discussion, offline would be
> just as fine. I don't mind email.
>
> I don't think anyone can expect IBM to publish the names of every
> Informix developer working on DB2 and transfering technology to prove
> it's indeed happening.
> Equally there is a fine line to be walked on when to tell which features
> are available if for nothing else than legal purposes.
> (Not even mentioning that I know that Mark T. watches my every keystroke)
>
> Cheers
> Serge

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