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Database Forum / Informix Topics / September 2008Informix on Campus Program
Want your vote on this: http://www.informix-zone.com/node/569 Thank you. Good work Eric! I've been preaching this for years. You've got to get students involved early in learning about databases. Informix's doc team put out a great book on SQL over 10 years ago, still one of the best reads. Todays' students are tomorrows' database engineers and managers. -ID- > Want your vote on this: > > http://www.informix-zone.com/node/569 > > Thank you. > Good work Eric! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > Thank you. How do you think Sun Microsystems got to be so big? (Do you remember the Sun 3/60 workstations?) >> Good work Eric! >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > How do you think Sun Microsystems got to be so big? > (Do you remember the Sun 3/60 workstations?) Do you think Sun today is different from the Sun of say, hmmmm... 1995? > >> Good work Eric! > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Do you think Sun today is different from the Sun of say, hmmmm... 1995? 1995? Hmmm, I was thinking more late 80's. 3/60 workstations, some in tandem config so we could build and boot Xinu for our Operating Systems class. Then there were the Sun 460 servers .... ;-) The point is that Sun Micro boomed in the 90's because the students at the Universities worked on Sun. Remember Apollo workstations? ... But yeah good things come to an end. Sun almost bankrupted IBM and then Lou came in and made IBM a services company. Sun is still a hardware company and hasn't really leveraged their Java to their advantage. Unlike Oracle, Microsoft and now Google, Sun never really developed a killer instinct. -G when I was a student in the late 1980s we had a DEC VAX and a Prime No I am approaching my 40s I am now a "decision maker" when deciding what hardware and software to purchase Our RDBMS was MIMER and used a language called MQL I doubt I would buy MIMER, a DEC VAX or a Prime Lot of good it did them! ok, late 80s and DEC VAX (are they still build??? I never worked with VAX) I had first contact with Informix on a Nixdorf Targon running under some *nix n 1991/1992. I am decision maker and I am very happy with IDS since 1992, but I would never have bought a Targon... So I think it is worth a try. Joerg Volz ________________________________ Von: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org im Auftrag von scottishpoet Gesendet: Mi 24.09.2008 13:18 An: informix-list@iiug.org Betreff: Re: Informix on Campus Program when I was a student in the late 1980s we had a DEC VAX and a Prime No I am approaching my 40s I am now a "decision maker" when deciding what hardware and software to purchase Our RDBMS was MIMER and used a language called MQL I doubt I would buy MIMER, a DEC VAX or a Prime Lot of good it did them! _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list IT Handel und Beratung Jörg Volz Bernhard-Früh-Str. 7 77855 Achern GERMANY Tel: 07841-681651 Fax: 07841-681654 Mobil: 0170-2989757 Ust-ID: DE201383541 http://www.it-volz.de Dec was a main supplier in the 70's and late 80's. We had a PDP1170 series in high school. I did part of my NSF grant work on a DEC PDP11 running SYS III Unix in '84, and there were Vaxen in the OSU EE dept. In '85-'86, the Comp Sci went pretty much Sun and then (I forget the large servers) (Interestingly enough because of the large servers not being Sun or Vaxen, we were "saved" by the Morris Worm. But the point was that DEC which made Apollo workstations got bought out by HP (going from memory). Sequent bought out by IBM, and SGI imploaded with pieces going to a couple of different companies including Sun. The history of Silicon valley is a cross between a soap opera and a real life game of monopoly. Informix is/was an interesting side note. IDS is a very well built machine and the comparison to Cinderella actually works when describing the post IBM acquisition. Only one small problem.... Neither Stuart nor Ambush are "prince charming". ;-) And before someone quips "gumby", I'm a tad too mercenary. ;-) -G > ok, late 80s and DEC VAX (are they still build??? I never worked with VAX) > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > http://www.it-volz.de Put this in your on-campus pipe and smoke it: http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/datawarehousing_mysql_infobright.html > Put this in your on-campus pipe and smoke it: > > http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/datawarehousing_mysql_infobright.html > > "Theoretically, an Infobright table can go up to 147 trillion rows, but practically, 50 billion is the limit today" Woo ... mega. Not.  SignatureCheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com >> Put this in your on-campus pipe and smoke it: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Not. I can always depend on you to miss the point. *<8o) > >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I can always depend on you to miss the point. > I'm not hugely concerned. IBM is marketing DB2 in the BI space. :o) SignatureCheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com >> Put this in your on-campus pipe and smoke it: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Woo ... mega. Well, giga actually. When I was a child, it would have been tera. > >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > What*ever* ... Talk to the hand ... SignatureCheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com >>>> Put this in your on-campus pipe and smoke it: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > What*ever* ... Talk to the hand ... Would rather not - seems to be resting on your cock. >> What*ever* ... Talk to the hand ... > > Would rather not - seems to be resting on your cock. Wow - Captain P successfully channeling Obnoxio. Very, very, very funny. I wish I had said it (....oh wait, I will) > Wow - Captain P successfully channeling Obnoxio. > And how do you know this? SignatureCheers, Obnoxio the Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Captain Pedantic Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:36 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Informix on Campus Program > InDeep wrote: >> Put this in your on-campus pipe and smoke it: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Woo ... mega. Well, giga actually. When I was a child, it would have been tera. _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list We had some version of Informix running on an AT&T unix server. All of the clients were daisy-chained with their green screens displaying a simple menu. Other apps like Lotus123, WordPerfect, and DBASE III were available. AT&T, Vax, Mac, and IBM were among several vendors who had a presence on campus. From this exposure, I at least had some clue about Informix and how it compared to competitors. > Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:23:08 +0100 > From: obnoxio@serendipita.com > I'm not hugely concerned. IBM is marketing DB2 in the BI space. :o) So you are in fact confirming the continued issue that IBM is still not marketing or training their sales force to market and or sell IDS? If true, then wouldn't it be better for IBM to allow IDS to fully evolve in to a competing product and sell it exclusively via OEM, partners and channel sales? Of course large integrated clients who run Informix will still get their on site sales reps who'll slave to their every desire. :-) This way IDS has a chance. BTW, how much money does IBM contribute to partner marketing efforts? ... ;-) -G _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093175mrt/direct/01/ |
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