Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!vsi!friedl
From: friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: (gulp) Public apology to Informix Corp.
Message-ID: <737@vsi.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jun 88 17:58:28 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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Hi net.folks,

     Have you ever wondered how somebody can post something
saying "XXX is terrible" then follow it up with "XXX is great"?
Just watch...

     First: I recently posted some rumors about Informix and
Plexus.  At the time, I really did believe them to be true and I
was not trying to cause troubles.  In the meantime, however, I
have been so thoroughly disabused of that notion that you should
discard *everything* I have ever posted on them.  Informix wrote
TURBO, Plexus did not, and I feel pretty dumb to have been so
vocal about such worthless info.

     Second, I also posted an (unrelated) flame about Informix
support.  My tone was entirely out of line and almost certainly
got misread.  A year ago we were specifically told that Informix
did not do technical support by email, and that was my objection.
I understand that email support is indeed in the works (oh no,
another Informix rumor!).  The *phone* support we have received
from Informix has always been particularly excellent.

     My ill feelings about Informix are directed at the marketing
and sales sides of the house, but I guess I got them confused
with the technical side and I certainly didn't use the right
forum.  I have used Informix products for almost three years, and
I have the highest respect for them technically.  I used to use
another Big Name UNIX database and have been glad I switched.
Really, I like their products a lot and recommend them to my
customers.  In the future, my dislikes on this subject will be
directed to Informix Corp. and not to the net.

     Hey, this has been a misearable month and I posted some
stuff I should not have.  Usenet is not well served by jerks like
me posting s**t like that (especially in the comp.* groups) and
it won't happen again.  As a penance, I will send $1 to JJ's
college fund.

     Thanks to those whose private email set me straight.

     Crawling back under my desk,
     Steve

P.S. - why are apologies so much harder to write than flames?  Sigh.

-- 
Steve Friedl     V-Systems, Inc. (714) 545-6442     3B2-kind-of-guy
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