Re: Informix stock tanks on bad news.

Mike Segel <mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com> wrote: :Got a phone call this morning from my Broker. :Informix stock tanked under 10 due to reports of :poor sales across the entire product line. : :I think that some of this falls on a poor product line definition :and restructuring of the products. : :Nils has pointed out NE vs other tools. :If you are going to Universal Server, Online 7.3 ? :you are supposed to be able to write stored procedures in :Java, C, or C++. Create your own data blade. (THis was said at :last year's conference) : :So why NE? : :With JDBC/ODBC connectivity, and NE nolonger being cross platform, :why go with a product which will cost more to implement than other :solutions? : :While I am critical of Informix, I don't want to bash them. :(Most of you know me and that I am very big on Informix.) : : :Comments? I can understand that you don't want to bash them as they have allready done (or decided to do) exactly what you propose. Se the latest pressreleases at http://www.informix.com/informix/corpinfo/ifxnews/press/1997/press97.htm particularly the one on a strategic alliance with Symantec for Java development tools. It's as if the key Informix people have read our discussions here at c.d.i. May be they have? Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org