Re: Ellison bash at Informix

Since I work for Oracle I'm going to keep quiet on most of this but... the technical point.. "... wouldn't even be on UNIX without C-ISAM ..." what the heck does that mean? we've been on Unix for 15 years so I don't understand what you're getting at. NEVER have weused C-ISAM in our products and it has NEVER been considered a competitor. What do you mean? In article <342B94AB.F55D0C75@mindspring.com>, tschaefe@mindspring.com wrote: > OK since you asked... :-) > > > ``I share the opinion that Informix cannot survive,'' Ellison said. > > ``There is no way they can survive.'' > > > Oracle wouldn't be surviving on Oracle technology. They sell applications > and the engine is a bucket of bolts. Microsoft sells a pooch as well. > > > ``It is inconceivable to me that any company making a fresh evaluation > > between Oracle and Informix would ever choose Informix when it is > > fairly certain there will be no Informix,'' he added. > > > Larry has been reading too many of his war strategy books again and is > just taunting what he percieves to be the enemy. If Informix wasn't > a threat he wouldn't have even commented. He is doing the job of being > the salesman, and obviously has done a good job of it. > > Keep in mind Oracle went through a similar restatement scenario back in > the early 90's. They wouldn't even be on UNIX without C-ISAM, which is > of course an Informix original. And asl an Oracle customer if THEIR > application stuff will work with other data bases. > > Using words like "inconceivable" and "fairly certain" and "no way" work > on weak minded individuals who bought Oracle in the first place and are > probably needing reassurance that they didn't buy total crap. Larry > would do good in vacuum cleaner sales or car sales. Mr. Ed would be > proud. > > :-) > > -- > Tim Schaefer \\\\|// > tschaefe@mindspring.com 6 6 > -------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o---------------------- > http://www.inxutil.com - My Ezine > http://www.informix.com - Informix Software Inc. > http://www.iiug.org - International Informix User Group/FAQ > news://comp.databases.informix - Newsgroup for Informix Users > ================================================================