[HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
Jeff Hoffman
wonicon at optusnet.com.au
Thu Nov 29 15:29:37 CST 2007
Hey Guys
Isn't the old saying:
You will never get fired for buying IBM?
Jeff
At 07:08 AM 13/11/2007, you wrote:
>All I can say is BOB, get that next release out FAST please.
>
>I hope the powers-that-be at IBM realize what Powerhouse is and either keep
>it going or sell it off.
>I heard IBM sunk a ton of money into LINUX for the AS400....since we now run
>on Linux...I would hope that counts for something.
>Get QKView running on Windows AND Linux and IBM should be able to do
>something with it.
>
>Here's hoping there is an ADT future anyways.
>Ken
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com
>[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com] On
>Behalf Of Guy Werry
>Sent: November 12, 2007 12:51 PM
>To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
>
>No, that's 5 billion for ALL of Cognos. That's 5 billion USD, so about $400
>Canadian! (HEE HEE - it's good to be on the up-side!)
>
>Guy Werry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: powerh-l-bounces+guy.werry=hbms.ca at lists.sowder.com
>[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+guy.werry=hbms.ca at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf Of
>Dolliver, Joe
>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:44 AM
>To: Charles Finley; Peter Bateman; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
>
>5 Billion ? Small ? A relative term
>
>I wonder if the currency was Canadian, then it would be a large deal.
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: powerh-l-bounces+dolliverj=calvertnet.k12.md.us at lists.sowder.com
>[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+dolliverj=calvertnet.k12.md.us at lists.sowder.com]
>On Behalf Of Charles Finley
>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:23 PM
>To: 'Peter Bateman'; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
>
>The Powerhouse business is a relatively small part of Cognos when compared
>with the BI assets. Therefore, from a purely practical point if view, it is
>not entirely obvious that the part of IBM that purchased the company care as
>much about Powerhouse.
>
>
>
>That said, the saving grace is that IBM does not seem to "pull the plug"
>on any software product that produces recurring revenue. My guess is that
>they will do what they have done with Informix. They keep supporting it but
>they do not enhance it much. At the same time they offer substantial
>migration paths to other IBM offerings. What I mean is that they offer a
>comprehensive solution including tools and services to help customers change
>to some product and technologies that IBM considers sustainable in the
>current software markets.
>
>
>
>Charles Finley
>
>619-795-0720
>
>________________________________
>
>From: powerh-l-bounces+cfinley=xformix.com at lists.sowder.com
>[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+cfinley=xformix.com at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf Of
>Peter Bateman
>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:09 AM
>To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
>Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
>
>
>
>Hi
>
> Given what Cognos has done recently to make PowerHouse
> more IBM friendly ( re-instating Informix as a supported
> database and adding DB2 functions to the AIX version)
> I doubt that IBM wants to pull the plug on PowerHouse.
>
>Regards,
>Peter
>
>
>
> > Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
> > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:46:33 -0600
> > From: guy.werry at hbms.ca
> > To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> >
> > Yeah, that's pretty hard to say, isn't it? I'm sure that IBM has a
> > glut of development tools ... They're buying Cognos for the BI
> > products, for sure.
> > Sadly, yet another Canadian corporation being swallowed up by a
> > foreigner ...
> >
> > Mind you, quite a success story: from a smallish consulting company
> > with an in-house report writer to a 5 billion company in about 30
> > years? Not too shabby.
> >
> > Guy L. Werry
> > Senior Systems Analyst
> > Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Co., Limited.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: powerh-l-bounces+guy.werry=hbms.ca at lists.sowder.com
> > [mailto:powerh-l-bounces+guy.werry=hbms.ca at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf
>
> > Of Ken Langendock
> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:36 AM
> > To: 'David Morrison - Corporate'; powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> > Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
> >
> > Or does this mean the Final knife to kill Powerhouse?
> > I'm not liking this.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com
> > [mailto:powerh-l-bounces+ken.langendock=rogers.com at lists.sowder.com]
> > On Behalf Of David Morrison - Corporate
> > Sent: November 12, 2007 10:21 AM
> > To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> > Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
> >
> > Thanks, Robert; I hadn't heard about the deal.
> >
> > We are fully 10 years behind in PH versioning (PH607F), so it would be
>
> > great to get caught up on many of the features implemented in the last
>
> > decade!
> >
> > David Morrison
> > McBride Electric, Inc.
> > 858-450-1414 ext. 4211
> > DMorrison at McBrideElectric.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: powerh-l-bounces+dmorrison=mcbrideelectric.com at lists.sowder.com
> > [mailto:powerh-l-bounces+dmorrison=mcbrideelectric.com at lists.sowder.co
> > m]
> > On Behalf Of Robert Mills
> > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 7:09 AM
> > To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
> > Subject: FW: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
> >
> > Maybe those on the AS/400 and iSeries platforms may now get a more
> > current version?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Robert W.Mills
> > Business Systems Development Analyst
> > Group Information Systems & Technology Pinnacle Arvato
> > DDI: +44 (0)20 8309 3604
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:HP3000-L at RAVEN.UTC.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Bob Schlosser
> > Sent: 12 November 2007 14:52
> > To: HP3000-L at RAVEN.UTC.EDU
> > Subject: [HP3000-L] IBM Buying Cognos
> >
> > Link to article about $5B purchase of Cognos by IBM
> >
> > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20071112/D8SS5SS00.html
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