Re: Informix Directions

In article <6bp0i8$qib$1@news.xmission.com>, Peter Tashkoff <tashkop@kiwi.co.nz> writes > >>>> "Tim Schaefer" <netd@evcom.net> 9/02/98 17:53:58 >>> > >Mindshare moves software, not car salesmen. > >Tim > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >Too true Timothy. (but is it fair for you to argue both sides of a = >debate?) > >I have withheld adding my feeble presence to this thread, although it has = >struck many many chords, mindful as I ever am of the advice of the sword = >sage Musashi, "Do nothing that is of no use".=20 > >However, having a moment to spare between Video-conferences I can state = >categorically why it is that Informix, although in my NVHO, having the = >upper edge in software to Oracle, still gets walloped in the sales stakes. > >1. Microsoft has Bill Gates >2. Oracle has Larry Ellison >3. Informix has ...erhhh, ummmmm, some really technical and smart guys, = >and a guy thay call Bob F cos no one can remember how to spell or pronouce = >his surname. > >How can you get a feel for something that gives you no emotional handles = >to hang onto? > >Solution to Informixes marketing woes number 100345. > >Somebody with lots of money and ego and no idea at all about databases = >really needs to buy the company out, and then start making his or her = >outrageous presence felt in the media. >I would consider myself a suitable candidate but I only make it on two = >counts, not having the requisite funding stream available. >Ah me..the possibilities. > What about me - the whiskey-drinkin' wild man of c.d.i PS I got a new nickname the other day, just call me Dave "Laughin' Boy" Williams. Has a good ring to it... >George Soros, if you are still following this thread, you can count me in = >as your frontman. > >Seriously but... >I agree with Tim. If Informix really does have the grunt, then they = >should go head to head with Oracle, Win, lose , break even, doesn't = >matter. At the end of the day there will be blood on the floor and it may = >belong to our friends at Informix, but it has to be better than expiring = >from a slow hemorrage (however the hell you spell it). > >Not to put words in the mouth of the great one, If Musashi were here today = >he might say that Informix lacked the spirit of the warrior. > >Peter Tash <tashkop@iname.com> > > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care