Cognos' future support for Interbase?

[Gates, Scott]

You have witnessed the basic difference between the marketing and
technologies department of 
a major software house.  Tech says it no longer wants to support a
product past a certain date, 
marketing thinks that means it's time for a fire sale.   

Scott Gates

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> From: 	alex ling[SMTP:linga88@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 	Friday, December 11, 1998 5:56PM
> To: 	Andre Guertin; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: 	Re: Cognos' future support for Interbase?
> 
> Thank you all for your responses.
> 
> This information will be extremely useful for my client to make their
> strategic decision. How come we did not receive this letter?
> 
> Regards,
> A Ling.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---Andre Guertin <aguertin@cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > As a supported client of InterBase both on Vax and On Alpha, I
> received in
> > november a letter from Cognos (Ed Shepherdson, Director, 4GL
> Products)
> > about the "Maturity of InterBase for OpenVMS" 
> > 
> > Here are some quotes :
> > 
> > "InterBase for OpenVMS version 3.3L3 is the final release of this
> product
> > from InterBase Software Corporation on OpenVMS VAX. There will be no
> > further releases, bug fixes, or enhancements."
> > 
> > "InterBase version 4.0 for OpenVMS versions 6.2 and 7.1 on Alpha is
> > currently being shipped, but no further versions are expected from
> > InterBase Software Corporation after that."
> > 
> > "Supported customers will continue to receive Telephone Support from
> Cognos
> > until their existing support contracts expire, and then Cognos will
> offer
> > free Telephone Support on InterBase for OpenVMS until December 31,
> 1999.
> > Telephone Support will be discontinued after December 31, 1999."
> > 
> > "PowerHouse 4GL on OpenVMS will continue to support the interface to
> > InterBase at the functionnal level offered in our fully certified
> and
> > supported Year 2000 compliant versions of PowerHouse 4GL for
> OpenVMS. These
> > are PowerHouse 4GL versions 7.10G and 8.10."
> > 
> > 
> > Andre Guertin
> > aguertin@cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca
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