Re: Informix in the News!

David Williams wrote: > > In article <64v1dl$r2s@ecuador.earthlink.net>, Michael Segel > <"Postmaster"@[127.0.0.1]> writes > >News flash! > > > >OK, so if you want to see how the *press* have viewed > >the restatement, see c-net's news.com article: > >http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,16557,00.html?latest > > I like the idea that > > "Additionally, Informix will move to a single server model, > the Informix Dynamic Server" > > Does this mean that SE,Online 5.x,OWS,DSA and Universal Server > will all be merged into one codestrean. > I don't think you will take it that far. I think you will see the 5.x disappear, 7.x , 8.x and 9.x merge. > DSA - multi-CPU > OWS - one CPU - compile time option to disable adding CPU VPs? > > Of course XPS will always stand alone as it is very different.. > And of course SE will still exist. So imagine you will have a 10.x code stream. (A unified 7,8,9 codestream) Then you would have a 10.x SE, OWS, ODS(DSA), XPS series of products. > Surely this would mean > > a) faster development > b) faster bug fixes > c) a lot less QA needed. > > Can't be bad.... > No, not at all. Its a shame that the stock analysts don't get it. Of course what we see hasn't occured yet. But this only deals with part of Informix's problems. The IIUG is helping Informix deal with some other issues by being an advocacy group, kinda like a poor man's sounding board. When Informix gets their sales teams organized, and better marketing, things will come around. A few years ago, I talked with the Prudential analyst covering Informix. (He's since left and Prudential doesn't cover this area of tech stocks.) His concern at the time wasn't the technology, but the sales side. I think that Mr. Finocchio is addressing that issue. Only time will tell. -Just a few words from the lunatic fringe Mikey! :-)