Re: Layoffs at Informix
From: "Vitor Baptista" <vitor.baptista@informix.com> > >In Portugal we say: > >"When there is smoke... there is fire !" In England we say: "When there's a troll, don't cross the bridge !" Informix publicly announced there would be up to 500 job cuts around the world, largely because of redundant admin and marketing people, and what better time to get rid of people who aren't pulling their weight? Can you imagine the scene: "Here's a bloke, he sells $5 million of licenses a year, but we're just going to lay him off anyway"? Sure. They also publicly announced that they would be refocussing on core engine business, it's no secret that 7.x is effectively in the bin, and 9.x is going forward. Since no-one is buying 5 or SE (as much as I personally think they're brilliant products), why should Informix keep them alive indefinitely? Just ask the Sphinx -- he asked if anybody would like to take OnLine 5 on board as a GPL product and the silence was deafening. None of this is news. If this is how the salesman in question managed the account, is it any surprise he's gone? >"Christopher" <chrisc@jcdcrs4.jobcorps.org> wrote in message >news:8s5648$noo$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > I received a call from my Informix sales rep in D.C. and he told me that > > he had just been layed off along with a large number of sales and >support > > staff in the Federal Division. This is a result of the split of > > Informix into 2 units and the reorganization that is going along with >it. > > > > He also stated that Informix will be moving to a "maintenance only" mode > > on the database servers soon and is looking for a buyer for the database > > portion of the business. > > > > Does anybody know anything about this? > > > > Christopher > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Comments throughout..... Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > From: "Vitor Baptista" <vitor.baptista@informix.com> > > > >In Portugal we say: > > > >"When there is smoke... there is fire !" > > In England we say: > > "When there's a troll, don't cross the bridge !" > > Informix publicly announced there would be up to 500 job cuts around the > world, largely because of redundant admin and marketing people, and what > better time to get rid of people who aren't pulling their weight? Can you > imagine the scene: "Here's a bloke, he sells $5 million of licenses a year, > but we're just going to lay him off anyway"? Sure. > > They also publicly announced that they would be refocussing on core engine > business, it's no secret that 7.x is effectively in the bin, and 9.x is > going forward. Since no-one is buying 5 or SE (as much as I personally think > they're brilliant products), why should Informix keep them alive > indefinitely? > Informix announced that it would be refocusing on it's core business which is databases. Informix has multiple database products that each address specific market requirements. IDS 7.X is still a very active product. Although 9.X is the current flagship product, current 7.X customers are still very much supported and can purchase additional 7.X licenses going forward. Online 5 is still selling. Mostly as an embedded database with var applications. If we can find more opportunities to sell 5 in any environment we will do so. > > Just ask the Sphinx -- he asked if anybody would like to take OnLine 5 on > board as a GPL product and the silence was deafening. > > None of this is news. If this is how the salesman in question managed the > account, is it any surprise he's gone? > > >"Christopher" <chrisc@jcdcrs4.jobcorps.org> wrote in message > >news:8s5648$noo$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > > > I received a call from my Informix sales rep in D.C. and he told me that > > > he had just been layed off along with a large number of sales and > >support > > > staff in the Federal Division. This is a result of the split of > > > Informix into 2 units and the reorganization that is going along with > >it. > > > > > > He also stated that Informix will be moving to a "maintenance only" mode > > > on the database servers soon and is looking for a buyer for the database > > > portion of the business. > > > > > > Does anybody know anything about this? > As mentioned earlier, the database company is NOT going into maintenance mode. There is some refocusing and replanning going on but the results, so far, have been additional commitment to the products that will make Informix Software successful as a database company. Many of the initiatives and actions that have taken place since the announcement of the splitting companies indicate investment in the future not wrapping up for a sale. Shawn
In article <8s75d8$coh$1@news.xmission.com>, obnoxio@hotmail.com says... > > Just ask the Sphinx -- he asked if anybody would like to take OnLine 5 on > board as a GPL product and the silence was deafening. > I'm confused: Was this an official proposal? If it was, silence was because wrong presentation. And it was not really a silence, there was some IMO positive discussion on conditions needed to make it work...? Yours, Andrej Falout, http://www.falout.com ICQ 7628616 #----------------------------------------------------------------- globals "I_speak_for_myself.4gl" Old saying that "information is power" is less and less valid these days. More and more value is created trough communication and sharing. - Crispin Garden-Webster.