Re: Microsoft to announce buyout of Informix

Robert Gammon wrote: > In article <33826713.2D04@mindspring.com>, > Tom Wilson <tdwilson@mindspring.com> wrote: > >James McGovern wrote: > >> > >> When your look at INFORMIX over the last five or so years, think of > all > >> the products that have been brought to market by INFORMIX.... Now > think > >> of how much the market has taken up the offering's.... How much > >> resources do you think it takes to bring a product to market ? How > long > >> do you think it takes to return an overall profit on the product ? > ..... > >> I'm guessing they have lost heaps of doe ray me over the last few > years > >> because of diversification. > >> > >> One thing is certain, When money in the door slows down and money > out > >> the door speeds up your asking for a takeover and I can't think of > any > >> other company that has the proven record in software development > like > >> Microsoft. When you think Captain Billy boy has taken the idea of > >> creating a dos for dummies environment and ran with it and now look > at > >> the giant he has made. I can't wait to see what will happen with > >> INFORMIX and thank god we all have the opportunity to be there at > the > >> start. > > > >I think a more likely target for Microsoft would be Sybase. After > all, > >MS SQL Server is rooted in the Sybase kernel and their API interface > is > >still Sybase's DBLib. And while Sybase stock isn't stinking it up > like > >Informix, they definitely have their problems. > > Why should Microsoft turn benevolent after all this time. Their > arrogance with their in-house products gives a NIH syndrome. Now, > if Microsoft ONLY had MS Access, and no other database product, > then maybe. The gap between SQL Server (or whatever they are calling > it today) and the PC versions of Informix or Sybase database servers > are not that large. The real differences exist in the Unix versions > of these products. Microsoft has shown little or no interest in > pursueing the needs of the Unix market to date. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Gammon > rgammon@micro.ti.com > My views are my own, I in no way represent the views/opinions > of my employer, or anyone else > Using OS/2 Warp Connect, a user of every OS/2 version since 1.0 > --------------------------------------------------------------- I would expect them to be more of an attractive target for an applicaiton software vendor that needs a database engine to compete with Oracle up and down the value chain.