Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:32 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 Love the U2-rocket story, Dominic. I don't know if there is any U2 in Russia or related countries

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-13 Thread Tony Gravagno
No, PS/RD/TL no longer has development in Russia. However D3 does work in Cyrillic - and Thai. Not sure if any other MV DBMS produts can make the same claim. T From: djordan Pick Systems actually had RD over in Russia 10 years ago, not sure if that is still the case

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-13 Thread Bob Rasmussen
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Tony Gravagno wrote: No, PS/RD/TL no longer has development in Russia. However D3 does work in Cyrillic - and Thai. Not sure if any other MV DBMS produts can make the same claim. It was my understanding that JBase would work with Unicode data, stored in UTF-8 format.

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread Dominic Baron
of U2-Users digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: U2 is now Rocket U2 (Tony Gravagno) 2. Re: U2 is now Rocket U2 (Charlie Noah) 3. Re: U2 is now Rocket U2 (BraDav) 4. Re: U2 is now Rocket U2 (Ed Clark) -- Message: 1 Date

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread Lee Bacall
Friends and those who could be... I've had more than a few years to think about the double-edged value proposition that extended relational database systems offer. Few of us actively immersed in developing and /or using extended relational databases can complain of their efficacy, reliability

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Love the U2-rocket story, Dominic. I don't know if there is any U2 in Russia or related countries, but I understand that some PICK or PICK-a-like system was used to track Russian spies in the US, perhaps all the way to the end of the cold war. If anyone has details on that, such as which MV flavor

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread jpb-u2ug
Prime Information Jerry Banker -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:32 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 Love the U2-rocket story

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread David Jordan
What you say is correct Lee. However those days are gone with GFC for many large operations. U2 sales are OEM, people buy the package not the database. Even Oracle, is doing a major push to attract OEM as their sales future and so is Microsoft. Most boards, managers and companies do not

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread ozemail
Pick Systems actually had RD over in Russia 10 years ago, not sure if that is still the case ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread Steven M Wagner
: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:32 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 Love the U2-rocket story, Dominic. I don't know if there is any U2 in Russia or related countries, but I understand that some PICK or PICK-a-like system was used to track Russian spies in the US, perhaps

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-11 Thread Tony Gravagno
From: BraDav Actually, I like U2. It short, to the point, and easy to remember. And it's got a popular association. However, if there is a name change, it would have to be a great alternative. I don't see anything wrong with maintaining the U2 brand as-is. One could say there is no U2

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-11 Thread Charlie Noah
...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of inquieti Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:03 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 IBM is very sixties also. Have you ever been to the Apollo space centre? All the computers were IBM and the IBM logo is splashed all around the control

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-11 Thread BraDav
...@comcast.net To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 Now, Rob, wait a minute... also having over 30 years experience in the MV world, I have watched the progression from LP to tape to CD to digital (iPod, etc

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-11 Thread Ed Clark
Not only was the U2 name coined when Universe and Unidata products, very different and former rivals, were brought under common management. as Tony says, but I think it was coined by the users on this list, concerned that the new company Ardent was more interested in promoting their O2

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-10 Thread BraDav
in the technology... SQL was invented in the earlt 70's!! Brad - Original Message - From: Jo Lester jp.les...@hotmail.com To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 We can be called retro-rockets! From: smi...@philau.edu

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-10 Thread BraDav
@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 This all depends, if I am reading it correctly, their other products are being advertised until their original names and Rocket is more in the background. So they may advertise the U2 products under a completely

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-09 Thread inquieti
list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/U2-is-now-Rocket-U2-tp25693358p25817827.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-09 Thread Smith, Robert
they will be the butt of many a jokes. My two cents Rob -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of inquieti Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:03 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-09 Thread jpb-u2ug
...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Smith, Robert Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:24 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 At some point, we will hopefully evolve beyond the old = undesirable mentality that is pervasive in our society, and once again appreciate the imagery that old things can

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-09 Thread Jo Lester
We can be called retro-rockets! From: smi...@philau.edu To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:24:18 -0400 Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 At some point, we will hopefully evolve beyond the old = undesirable mentality that is pervasive in our society, and once

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Bill Haskett
I wonder if (when) the U2 Solution portal... http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/im/U2+Solution+Portal+-+Home ...and the U2 Developer works portal... http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/data/libraryview.jsp?search_by=U2 ...will be coming over soon? I couldn't find them in the

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Results
Bill, I spoke to some IBMers... er... Rocketeers yesterday on that topic. They are still porting over tons of web material. While final dates were not communicated, they are working on it. - Chuck Bill Haskett wrote: I wonder if (when) the U2 Solution portal...

[U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 - what to call them?

2009-10-07 Thread bradley . schrag
I spoke to some IBMers... er... Rocketeers Maybe I missed this in the days after the announcement, but has the critical question of what to call Rocket Software employees been discussed? I kinda like Rocketeers but wonder if they'd prefer something else like Rocketers, Rocketmen (gender bias

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Jacques G.
I wonder what is the marketing idea behind the name Rocket ? To me it invokes late 1950 - 1960's Sputnik/Apollo technology to an epoch when cars designs were made to look like rockets, when there was a hockey player nicknamed Maurice The Rocket Richard and people watched Flash Gordon on a

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Henry Unger
is now Rocket U2 I wonder what is the marketing idea behind the name Rocket ? To me it invokes late 1950 - 1960's Sputnik/Apollo technology to an epoch when cars designs were made to look like rockets, when there was a hockey player nicknamed Maurice The Rocket Richard and people watched Flash

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I'm impressed that they actually used the MultiValue[TM] word on this page. That it is still a trademark of Spectrum, right? I don't recall them using that when they were IBM, although they might have. --dawn On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Ross Morrissey u...@rossmorrissey.com wrote:

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 - what to call them?

2009-10-07 Thread Ross Ferris
is now Rocket U2 - what to call them? I spoke to some IBMers... er... Rocketeers Maybe I missed this in the days after the announcement, but has the critical question of what to call Rocket Software employees been discussed? I kinda like Rocketeers but wonder if they'd prefer something else like

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Hona, David
AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 Funny you should ask. Andy Youniss, Rocket's CEO, was asked the question of the origination of Rocket last night at dinner, and the short answer was that at the time 20 years ago, he liked it. Although it may feel retro to some, I

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-05 Thread Doug Chanco
@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 http://www.rocketsoftware.com/u2/ is up, with trial version requests, certification, U2U, and a letter to the U2 Community A number of questions over the past couple of weeks appear to have been answered

[U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-09-30 Thread Ross Morrissey
http://www.rocketsoftware.com/u2/ is up, with trial version requests, certification, U2U, and a letter to the U2 Community A number of questions over the past couple of weeks appear to have been answered. ___ U2-Users mailing list