Chuck, Nice work! An interesting follow-up investigation, for this community at least, might be to scour the next set of published IBM results, because somewhere in that haystack of papers one would expect to find a reference to the sale value for the U2 assets
Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage > Better by Design! >-----Original Message----- >From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- >boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Anthony W. Youngman >Sent: Friday, 9 October 2009 2:45 AM >To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >Subject: Re: [U2] I need your eyes > >In message ><fba5ea46361c5c4fb61c02795188f6627b5a644...@vaunsw141.au.cbainet.com>, >"Hona, David" <david.h...@cba.com.au> writes >> >>It's interesting to see IBM's claims about they didn't buy U2 >>specifically (which we know they purchased Informix DB technology and >>U2 was a "bonus") and it doesn't fit into their future goals. I find >>that amusing when they continue to sell "databases" like IMS and >>Informix C-ISAM (etc) and the like... which also don't "fit"... I guess >>the PR gurus had to come up with something!! > >Maybe IMS and C-ISAM are classic legacy, they're not selling and IBM can >try to move them across to DB2. The trouble with U2 is it won't lie down >and die ... :-) >> >>At the end of the day...it whatever works, I guess and whomever gives >>you the "best value proposition". :) >> >Well, if they're into selling DB2, and maintaining legacy stuff as it >shuffles off to the graveyard, then yes, I don't think IBM is getting >the "value proposition" they want from U2 :-) > >Cheers, >Wol >-- >Anthony W. Youngman <pi...@thewolery.demon.co.uk> >'Yings, yow graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking the >thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said Nanny. The >man >lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett 1998 >Visit the MaVerick web-site - <http://www.maverick-dbms.org> Open Source >Pick >_______________________________________________ >U2-Users mailing list >U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org >http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
