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Jean Georges Perrin - 11 Aug 2006 15:29 GMT
Hi,

You all want to see Informix in the press, so help IIUG achieving this goal by
sending the following information to me:

Name of journalist,
e-mail,
name of newspaper.

Thanks

--
jgp
Mike Badar - 11 Aug 2006 17:10 GMT
I'm not sure what you want; make your selection from the following list:

1. Informix is in the press and you want to know who wrote the article
and where;
2. Request a specific journalist write an article about Informix in a
particular paper.

Mike Badar
ESRI Professional Services
Denver Region
1 International Court
Broomfield, CO  80021-3200
303-449-7779
mbadar@esri.com
www.esri.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Double Echo - 12 Aug 2006 13:26 GMT
> Hi,
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> --
> jgp

I'm curious that you don't know who to contact.  Any good computer magazine will
do, simply contact their editor.  Or write the article yourself and submit it.

I'm also curious that you would be doing the work that IBM, and the work that
Informix people at IBM should be doing.  Of course it would be a shocker that
those lazy lumps of sh.t would do anything to promote the product.  That would
be a news story by itself.
Jean Georges Perrin - 14 Aug 2006 15:10 GMT
Hi,

You're completely wrong.

IIUG has started a communications program and we send our Press Releases to
the press. By "our press releases", I mean "our press releases", not the
ones from IBM, not the ones from our sponsors, not the ones from Oracle.

IIUG is doing some communications to enhance its visibility in the Informix
world and among the Informix users. Nothing else.

Now, I need contacts, of course, I could send it blindly to any editor of
any news paper. Sure, the Tampa Gazette or whatever will be very thankful to
me to send Informix news.

I need contacts within the IT press. As I live in France, I did the work of
digging for journalists here and found quite a few of them. Now, I also read
some of the foreign press, but surely not the UK press or the German
press... I have friends in Taiwan and I know nothing about their editors.

I was hoping that this community could help me build a bigger network to
help promote our organization.

That's why I need:
> > Name of journalist,
> > e-mail,
> > name of newspaper.

(and basically, in the context of this program, I don't care what IBM is
doing).

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Christian Knappke - 15 Aug 2006 08:29 GMT
From the keyboard of "Jean Georges Perrin" <jgp@iiug.org>:

[...]
> That's why I need:
>> > Name of journalist,
>> > e-mail,
>> > name of newspaper.

THE magazine for professional IT in Germany:

http://www.heise.de/mediadaten/ix/en/

> Any help would be great.

HTH
Christian
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/* The opinions stated above are my own and not
  necessarily those of my employer. */

Hamilton, Jerry - 14 Aug 2006 16:27 GMT
What *Press Releases" have the IIUG *already* sent to the "Press"?

-----Original Message-----
From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org
[mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Jean Georges Perrin
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 9:11 AM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: RE: Informix in the press...

Hi,

You're completely wrong.

IIUG has started a communications program and we send our Press Releases
to the press. By "our press releases", I mean "our press releases", not
the ones from IBM, not the ones from our sponsors, not the ones from
Oracle.

IIUG is doing some communications to enhance its visibility in the
Informix world and among the Informix users. Nothing else.

Now, I need contacts, of course, I could send it blindly to any editor
of any news paper. Sure, the Tampa Gazette or whatever will be very
thankful to me to send Informix news.

I need contacts within the IT press. As I live in France, I did the work
of digging for journalists here and found quite a few of them. Now, I
also read some of the foreign press, but surely not the UK press or the
German press... I have friends in Taiwan and I know nothing about their
editors.

I was hoping that this community could help me build a bigger network to
help promote our organization.

That's why I need:
> > Name of journalist,
> > e-mail,
> > name of newspaper.

(and basically, in the context of this program, I don't care what IBM is
doing).

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

_______________________________________________
Informix-list mailing list
Informix-list@iiug.org
http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Hamilton, Jerry - 14 Aug 2006 16:51 GMT
Neat stuff.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org
[mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Jean Georges Perrin
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:42 AM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: RE: Informix in the press...

See iiug.org/press a few others are in preparation, including some
success stories...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hamilton, Jerry [mailto:hamiltoj@fleishman.com]
[quoted text clipped - 25 lines]
>
> Now, I need contacts, of course, I could send it blindly to any editor

> of any news paper. Sure, the Tampa Gazette or whatever will be very
> thankful to me to send Informix news.
[quoted text clipped - 46 lines]
> > I'm curious that you don't know who to contact.  Any good computer
> > magazine will do, simply contact their editor.  Or write the article

> > yourself and submit it.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

_______________________________________________
Informix-list mailing list
Informix-list@iiug.org
http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Superboer - 14 Aug 2006 18:44 GMT
sorry mate do not have a name of a journalist,
however these folks print a lot about it stuff. mainly obstacle.

http://www.computable.nl/

because it´s mainly obstacle, check and tripple check your story so it
does not blow
up in your face.

Sorry thats all i can do for you

See you

Superboer.

Jean Georges Perrin schreef:

> Hi,
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> --
> jgp
Superboer - 24 Aug 2006 18:46 GMT
Hello JPG,

i saw a press release about security bug fixes...
well its the first news in years so i guess its more then nothing;
people see informix is
still alive.

Thanks mate!!!

Superboer.

BTW a positive article would be nice too!!!!!!! specially a story about
cisco???!!! if possible

Superboer schreef:

> sorry mate do not have a name of a journalist,
> however these folks print a lot about it stuff. mainly obstacle.
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> > --
> > jgp
Jean Georges Perrin - 27 Aug 2006 17:53 GMT
Thanks for your nice comment, but I am not responsible of it... I am working
on positive articles as well :)...

BTW, it's JGP, not JPeG.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-
[quoted text clipped - 55 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
eric@herber-consulting.de - 18 Aug 2006 08:53 GMT
Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=154242

A press release from IBM mentioning Informix. Great !!

> Hi,
>
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> --
> jgp
Double Echo - 18 Aug 2006 11:25 GMT
> Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:
>
> http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=154242
>
> A press release from IBM mentioning Informix. Great !!

Excellent!

Now, how about taking the 90-day timeout feature out of the download for
Informix.  I'm excited about Informix, interested in the product, so I go
to download it like DB2.

I noticed DB2 does not have the 90-day timeout.  I want the full download
for Informix just like DB2, no timeout, same thing as if I bought it.  Do
I have the IIUG to thank for the 90-day timeout?
Neil Truby - 18 Aug 2006 14:20 GMT
>> Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:
>>
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> for Informix just like DB2, no timeout, same thing as if I bought it.  Do
> I have the IIUG to thank for the 90-day timeout?

My understanding is the opposite: about a year ago the IIUG and IBM withdrew
free downloads for IDS because they *didn't* have the 90-day bomb which is
standard for products emenating from IBM.  They understandably didn;t want
to retro-fit the bomb to old realeases but did include it in later 9.40, and
10 developments and reinstated the trial versions.

If you're saying that DB2 has had the bomb removed - that's news to me!
Jean Georges Perrin - 18 Aug 2006 14:29 GMT
DB2 never had the bomb.

IIUG still offers 9.3/9.4 on Linux / Windows.

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:20:50 +0100, Neil Truby wrote
> >> Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:
> >>
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

--
jgp
Neil Truby - 18 Aug 2006 14:36 GMT
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> DB2 never had the bomb.
>
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> --
> jgp
Neil Truby - 18 Aug 2006 14:37 GMT
> DB2 never had the bomb.

Are you sure?
The IDS trial download disappeared without explanation from IBM site, and
Stuart Litel was asked to do the same for the ones on the IIUG site.
When pressed the explanation was that they didn;t contain the 90-day bomb
and was thus not consistent with DB2.
Serge Rielau - 18 Aug 2006 14:50 GMT
>> DB2 never had the bomb.
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> When pressed the explanation was that they didn;t contain the 90-day bomb
> and was thus not consistent with DB2.
DB2 always had a message pop up every time you started DB2, counting the
days down from 90. Now, no DB2 build I work with in the lab ever lasts
90 days, so I don't know whether DB2 simply stops working or just keeps
nagging after 90 days.

Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

IOD Conference
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/

Jean Georges Perrin - 18 Aug 2006 14:55 GMT
Serge, you are tempting fate with such statements :)

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:50:29 -0400, Serge Rielau wrote
> >> DB2 never had the bomb.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> Cheers
> Serge

--
jgp
Serge Rielau - 18 Aug 2006 15:14 GMT
> Serge, you are tempting fate with such statements :)
I know. I just "admitted" that my DB2 uptime is < 90 days ;-)
But IDS wouldn't help me. My Windows uptime is so much shorter.

Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

IOD Conference
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/

mark.scranton@gmail.com - 21 Aug 2006 15:47 GMT
I know clearly what happened with the IDS download and the IIUG - both
times this issue came up, it was vetoed by the IIUG president. Two
different IBM resources worked very hard to get a "bomb-free" copy of
IDS to post on the download sites. One was the IBM liason to the board
at the time, the other the IDS product manager. In both cases, the IIUG
president, Stuart Litel, vetoed doing the download the way that the 2
IBM resources had worked up. The first time, there was quite the
argument about "users will not want to fill out forms to get the
download...", and the idea went away. The IBM liason very shortly after
left that post as she was very frustrated to have worked hard for many
months to get a version that was available to the IIUG members, only to
hit heavy resistance. The second time the "bomb-free" version was
proposed by the at the time IDS product manager, again, Stuart vetoed
it. I really can't remember the reason why now, but I'm sure it will
surface in this thread eventually.

So in either case, IBM had offered a bomb-free download, only to get
resistance from the IIUG president. I was there on both occassions, and
if someone wants more detail, please contact me. I can get quotes from
both resources if necessary.

I encourage the Informix community to press the IIUG board for answers
on this. As Neil stated, he did press for answers, but did not get any.

Mark Scranton
Informix 1995 - 2006

> > Serge, you are tempting fate with such statements :)
> I know. I just "admitted" that my DB2 uptime is < 90 days ;-)
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> IOD Conference
> http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/
mark.scranton@gmail.com - 21 Aug 2006 15:56 GMT
You know, regardless of all the detail being argued about concerning
this topic, the bottom line is simple....there is STILL no bomb-free
offering via the IIUG to the Informix community. Is this true, or did I
miss that announcement somewhere? If not, why not?

Thanks -
Mark.

> I know clearly what happened with the IDS download and the IIUG - both
> times this issue came up, it was vetoed by the IIUG president. Two
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
> > IOD Conference
> > http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/
Double Echo - 21 Aug 2006 16:19 GMT
Mark,

Thanks for the information and background!

I am still not sure why a bomb-free version is not available outside
the IIUG.

Can this also have some light shed on it?  I don't need the IIUG to
provide me with IDS, I simply want to download a bomb-free version
from IBM.  And quite honestly, when one looks at the competition,
it baffles me why this is such an issue in today's market.

By the way, for what it's worth, check this out:

http://dev.mysql.com/

For those of you who think mysql is a joke, a few more releases and
this product will be on a par with Informix, and without a time-out,
license requirements, any of the nonsense put out by Christine or
anyone else at IBM or the IIUG.  It's not what _I_ say, it's out there
standing on its own.

Thanks!

> I know clearly what happened with the IDS download and the IIUG - both
> times this issue came up, it was vetoed by the IIUG president. Two
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
>> IOD Conference
>> http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/
DA Morgan - 21 Aug 2006 16:30 GMT
> I know clearly what happened with the IDS download and the IIUG - both
> times this issue came up, it was vetoed by the IIUG president. Two
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
>> IOD Conference
>> http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/

Why does IBM need IIUG to offer the bomb-free version? Oracle offers
theirs from otn.oracle.com and Microsoft hosts their own and so does
IBM with DB2. Why is Informix different?
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Christine Normile - 21 Aug 2006 19:36 GMT
IBM did not need IIUG to offer it.  IIUG made a special request to  
IBM to provide them with an EXCLUSIVE non-time bombed version for  
member download.

IBM did.

IIUG failed to offer it to members because of IBM's requirement to  
register for downloads of it's software.

I spoke with a senior IBM manager on Friday and asked that IBM look  
at offering the download themselves.  As I stated in another post,  
the license does restrict use to IIUG members (again this was put in  
to provide IIUG a benefit not for any other reason and I did not feel  
it was too onerous since IIUG membership is no charge).  Eventually,  
IBM could re-work the license, but that would take at a minimum until  
the next fixpack (the license has to get linked in).

>> I know clearly what happened with the IDS download and the IIUG -  
>> both
[quoted text clipped - 50 lines]
> theirs from otn.oracle.com and Microsoft hosts their own and so does
> IBM with DB2. Why is Informix different?
John Carlson - 19 Aug 2006 04:29 GMT
>>> DB2 never had the bomb.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>90 days, so I don't know whether DB2 simply stops working or just keeps
>nagging after 90 days.

. . . did I read this right?  Nah, too easy . . . .. 8-)

JWC
Christine Normile - 18 Aug 2006 16:37 GMT
The version of IDS v10 without the timeout was made available to the  
IIUG exclusively for IIUG members to download.  IBM requires that  
individuals register when they want to download a product.  Stuart  
Litel has refused to make the non-timelimited code available because  
of this IBM restriction (even though IBM was willing to provide the  
hosting service.)

It's interesting that you say you have trial code for DB2 that is non-
limited.  Could you please provide the link where you obtained it?

>> Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:
>>
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

Christine Normile
Analyst
INFORMRme Magazine
1.800.914.8674 Ext. 713
1.210.438.7736 mobile
christine@MyINFORM-me.com
Roy Mercer - 18 Aug 2006 16:51 GMT
Are you kidding me!

http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/db2express/          DUH!

It's free to download and run in production!
This was my complaint at the Tampa conference, why does IBM let you
download and run DB2 in production but not IDS!

IDS Express needs to be offered as a free download just like DB2
express.

You work for IBM?   WTF!

> The version of IDS v10 without the timeout was made available to the
> IIUG exclusively for IIUG members to download.  IBM requires that
[quoted text clipped - 166 lines]
>
> --Apple-Mail-1--632916718--
Captain Pedantic - 18 Aug 2006 16:57 GMT
> Are you kidding me!
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> You work for IBM?   WTF!

Please show a little respect.
She doesn't have to contribute at all.
And if I were her, given the abuse, I wouldn't bother.
And then we'd be all be less informed ....
Double Echo - 18 Aug 2006 20:38 GMT
> The version of IDS v10 without the timeout was made available to the
> IIUG exclusively for IIUG members to download.  IBM requires that
> individuals register when they want to download a product.  Stuart Litel
> has refused to make the non-timelimited code available because of this
> IBM restriction (even though IBM was willing to provide the hosting
> service.)

So that's just the IIUG's deal.  They can do what they like.  For what it's
worth I don't understand what user privacy has to do with a timebomb in the
software but ok.  I seem to recall that the IIUG version also was crippled
in the number of connections or some other deliberate crippling.  But it
really doesn't matter, I want the real deal not some crippled crap.  Hell I
can get production ready databases for DB2, Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, there's
no reason I should be using Informix if it's not the real deal.

Who cares what the IIUG did, what is IBM going to do?  

> It's interesting that you say you have trial code for DB2 that is
> non-limited.  Could you please provide the link where you obtained it?  

I got it off of IBM a year ago or so, never timed out.  Can still use it
today no problem.  Got it for Windows and Linux, no timebombs.
Christine Normile - 21 Aug 2006 19:23 GMT
I agree with you.  IBM should provide IDS Express-C under the same  
terms and conditions as DB2 Express-C.  It would help bolster  
interest in the product and raise it's visibility in the marketplace.

> Double Echo wrote:

> I seem to recall that the IIUG version also was crippled
> in the number of connections or some other deliberate crippling.  
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> there's
> no reason I should be using Informix if it's not the real deal.
Art S. Kagel - 18 Aug 2006 13:51 GMT
> Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:
>
> http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=154242
>
> A press release from IBM mentioning Informix. Great !!

Go Ron Flannery!  Go Cindy Lichtenauer!  Go IBM!  Go Informix!

Art S. Kagel
Hamilton, Jerry - 18 Aug 2006 15:05 GMT
I altered my DB2 pop-up message to say:

"I hate DB2"

-----Original Message-----
From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org
[mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Serge Rielau
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 8:50 AM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: Informix in the press...

Neil Truby wrote:
>> DB2 never had the bomb.
>
> Are you sure?
> The IDS trial download disappeared without explanation from IBM site,
> and Stuart Litel was asked to do the same for the ones on the IIUG
site.
> When pressed the explanation was that they didn;t contain the 90-day
> bomb and was thus not consistent with DB2.
DB2 always had a message pop up every time you started DB2, counting the
days down from 90. Now, no DB2 build I work with in the lab ever lasts
90 days, so I don't know whether DB2 simply stops working or just keeps
nagging after 90 days.

Cheers
Serge
--
Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

IOD Conference
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/conf2006/
_______________________________________________
Informix-list mailing list
Informix-list@iiug.org
http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Gentsch, Sam - 18 Aug 2006 19:56 GMT
If I remember correctly, the biggest concern of the board was protecting
the IIUG members personal information,
and IBM had to collect that information for some legal reasons so there
was a conflict of responsibilities.

Stuart and the Board work very hard to keep our member information
private.
Which is in line with the Charter:

...
Article XII. CODE OF ETHICS

A. IIUG membership information shall be kept confidential and shall be
used only as approved by the Board of Directors of the Organization.
...

Hopefully, that was not a secret, but hell, both sides were in the right
in their own way, and a lot of work
was put into it by IBM, and a lot of thought and fairly heated
discussion by the board.

--
Sam Gentsch
office (334)768-7039  
cell   (706)289-6710  

-----Original Message-----
From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org
[mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Jean Georges Perrin
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:39 AM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: Informix in the press...

Christine,

In your statement, please substitute "Stuart Litel" by "the IIUG Board
of Directors", also you description of the process lacks quite some
points (and
steps!) and a description of the situation! So please, be honest or
refrain putting such statement in public.

Thanks.

jgp

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:37:05 -0500, Christine Normile wrote
> The version of IDS v10 without the timeout was made available to the
> IIUG
exclusively for IIUG members to download. IBM requires that individuals
register when they want to download a product. Stuart Litel has refused
to make the non-timelimited code available because of this IBM
restriction (even though IBM was willing to provide the hosting
service.)
>  
> It's interesting that you say you have trial code for DB2 that is
non-limited. Could you please provide the link where you obtained it?

> On Aug 18, 2006, at 5:25 AM, Double Echo wrote:  
> eric@herber-consulting.de wrote:  
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> 1.210.438.7736 mobile
> christine@MyINFORM-me.com

--
jgp

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Informix-list mailing list
Informix-list@iiug.org
http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Jean Sagi - 19 Aug 2006 00:34 GMT
What? When?

I didn't noticed IDS 10 was offered to iiug members!

J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Normile <christine@myinform-me.com>
To: doubleecho@your.com
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:37:05 -0500
Subject: Re: Informix in the press...

The version of IDS v10 without the timeout was made available to the  
IIUG exclusively for IIUG members to download.  IBM requires that  
individuals register when they want to download a product.  Stuart  
Litel has refused to make the non-timelimited code available because  
of this IBM restriction (even though IBM was willing to provide the  
hosting service.)

It's interesting that you say you have trial code for DB2 that is non-
limited.  Could you please provide the link where you obtained it?

On Aug 18, 2006, at 5:25 AM, Double Echo wrote:

> eric@herber-consulting.de wrote:
>> Sometimes wonders take a little bit longer:
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> Informix-list@iiug.org
> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list

Christine Normile
Analyst
INFORMRme Magazine
1.800.914.8674 Ext. 713
1.210.438.7736 mobile
christine@MyINFORM-me.com

Jean Sagi
jeansagi@myrealbox.com
jeansagi@gmail.com
Jean Sagi - 19 Aug 2006 00:36 GMT
YES! YES!,  I'm with you !!

Free IDS 10 express download without bombs !!.
This allowed me to study, learn and program for IDS.

J.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Roy Mercer" <roy.mercer@gmail.com>
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Date: 18 Aug 2006 08:51:47 -0700
Subject: Re: Informix in the press...

Are you kidding me!

http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/db2express/          DUH!

It's free to download and run in production!
This was my complaint at the Tampa conference, why does IBM let you
download and run DB2 in production but not IDS!

IDS Express needs to be offered as a free download just like DB2
express.

You work for IBM?   WTF!

Christine Normile wrote:
> The version of IDS v10 without the timeout was made available to the
> IIUG exclusively for IIUG members to download.  IBM requires that
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Hamilton, Jerry - 21 Aug 2006 21:29 GMT
Maybe the e-mails are what pays for the free dinners.?.?.?

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Subject: Re: Informix in the press...

I find that so frightening that I'm almost stunned to complete silence.

But I will need to fight that urge simply because Stuart Litel feels
compelled to complain to IBM regarding my participation in the SIGs.

Stuart - no need to take this e-mail to dinner with IBM next time, I'm
cc-ing Bernie on my notes now.
On Aug 21, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Double Echo wrote:

> I love it...
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Hamilton, Jerry - 27 Aug 2006 20:29 GMT
I dunno, I think I like JPeG.

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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:53 AM
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Subject: RE: Informix in the press...

Thanks for your nice comment, but I am not responsible of it... I am working on positive articles as well :)...

BTW, it's JGP, not JPeG.

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Jean Sagi - 29 Aug 2006 00:43 GMT
> ...
> Would have been a great thing.
> ...

I hope it will be, some day ...

J.

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From: "mark.scranton@gmail.com" <mark.scranton@gmail.com>
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Date: 28 Aug 2006 16:14:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Informix in the press...

All -

I was involved in the discussion about the "free version of IDS for the
development community...." (Mar 2006 timeframe). It got axed due to a
potential small loss of potential revenue. My response to the attendees
was simple....I said "...we could can generate 100 times the revenue
you are concerned about losing if we would quit saying the DB2 is
better than XPS!". Some of the crowd wasn't amused, some I know agreed
with me. Regardless, it did not change the plan NOT to offer a free
version of IDS in the hopes of stimulating the developer community.

My comments got misconstrued and changed "dramatically" by someone
eavesdropping on the call (and a a few of us are very aware of who that
was), and by the time they got "up the ladder", all kinds of
interesting things were being said.

So I was again disappointing at the nixing of a potential great
marketing tool AND the chance to get IDS spread into the developer
community. Would have been a great thing.

Thanks -
Mark.

Hamilton, Jerry wrote:
> I dunno, I think I like JPeG.
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Brian Grellinger - 29 Aug 2006 19:07 GMT
Well here's one that at least mentions IDS...

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060829/0158249.html

Brian Grellinger
I.S. Manager
Doosan Infracore America Corp
Information Systems
>>> "Hamilton, Jerry" <hamiltoj@fleishman.com> 08/27/06 15:30 PM >>>
I dunno, I think I like JPeG.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:53 AM
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Subject: RE: Informix in the press...

Thanks for your nice comment, but I am not responsible of it... I am
working on positive articles as well :)...

BTW, it's JGP, not JPeG.

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