Re: Informix Software is Finished...

boris wrote: } } I used Illustra a few years ago ( as applications programmer ) and wasn't } impressed at all. About 6 months ago I heard from a friend who just left } Informix that Universal Server is in very bad shape ( not working ). What else you expect from a novice product like IUS, when the products like MS-Windows and Oracle can survive being bad, any product can survive. } Personally I don't believe in superior Informix technology which for some } obscure reasons just doesn't sell. What they definitely have are some } academic guys who make a lot of noise; out of nothing looks like. Will } Microsoft buy it? Well, why should it buy inferior technology? Microsoft has some of the most unstable OSs ever developed, marketing I agree (they can sell s..t as gold), technology .. Ummmm .. you'll think about the technology of Microsoft into oblivion. } BTW their lies to stockholders is part of the same story: they cannot } compete and fix the numbers instead. } A few months ago I was stupid enough to take Informix hype seriously ( } during their noisy developer's conference ) and bought their stock. Next } time I'll know better. There is the real cause of resentment, that is much better. } } Boris Dynin } Movil } } Redmond is one of very few places where one can get software of reasonable } quality nowdays. looks like thinking of buying microsoft stock (more). } ___________________ _____| Vijay |___ \\ | 'Bindas Dude' | / ) |___________________| ( /______) (____\\