Re: IDS License Revenue

Serge,

believe me I did read your email and I understand your intention to
to obscure some facts and bring DB2 into better light.

Invite your Informix engineering colleagues for a 'stubbie' as they
created
the foundation for your excellent variable pay.

--
Eric


On Jan 25, 2:09 pm, Serge Rielau <srie...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
e...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Serge,

I don't think that is fair that you try to twist the facts and spread
uncertainty about which
IBM data server product contributed the most to the 32% license growth
in the IBM
data server segment.Eric,

You may want to read my post again.
I didn't twist anything. I presented entire arbitrarily three (of an
infinite number) _possibilities_.
Two of which would make anyone who favors conspiracy theories happy...
(death to DB2 or death to IDS) :-)
The third one assumes that IBM did something right (unbelievable??)

Ambuj has made it _publicly_ clear that IDS had a good year. I heard it,
many posters in this group heard it with their own ears.

The overall distributed RDBMS growth numbers are on record.
Guy's IDS number you may believe or not indendently of whether you
consent to the route of delivery.
Do the math.

People may believe or disbelieve quotes like ("we gained marketshare"),
but the numbers are the numbers.
Why does IBM have a burden of _public_ proof where no other company
does? How do you define truth? How many auditors does it take?

It was quite correctly pointed out that the SEC doesn't give a hoot
about either DB2 for LUW or IDS numbers. The bucket compared to the size
of IBM is too small.

If you guys have any doubts, invite your favorite IBMers for a beer.
Of cause it could be a conspiracy from the top and we are all being fooled.
Always trust the most believable story....

Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab

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