Re: IBM : ***Please stop this *****

Hi.. What thread inspired this? I'd like to read it.

Thanks,
D

On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:53:53 -0400, Larry Edelstein <lsedels_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:

>Jock,
>
>You are entitled to your opinion, but Serge is right about this.
>
>You claim "Even if some oracle person makes a **supposedly*** wrong remark
>against DB2, its better if IBM kept quiet. After all these are personal
>opinions and will not affect DB2 in anyway."
>
>The problem is ... when false or misleading information is published in
>any public forum, the risk is that if it goes unchallenged, people may
>actually believe it. Unforunately, the quality and integrity of the
>product is not as important as the quality and integrity of what people
>believe about it and of the marketing surrounding it. Many companies and
>products have proven that over and over again.
>
>Larry
>
>jock wrote:
>
>> I am trying to be a bit civil about this.
>>
>> Somebody makes some remark against DB2 in an oracle forum
>> and these IBM Guys promptly jump into the ring and a flame war starts.
>>
>> Now, i like IBM and i also like Oracle. I use these newsgroups to
>> learn about oracle and not to see endless threads on which database is
>> better.
>>
>> I ***cannot*** understand why these DB2 chaps come up defending IBM.
>> Even if some oracle person makes a **supposedly*** wrong remark
>> against DB2,
>> its better if IBM kept quiet. After all these are personal opinions
>> and will not affect DB2 in anyway.
>>
>> PLEASE STOP THIS.. IBM !!!!!!!!!!!.
Received on Mon Jul 23 2001 - 02:53:44 CDT