Re: Informix results

Posted in 2000

Obnoxio The Clown — Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:45:06 BST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> > > >> For the quarter ended June 30, Informix said it expects to report >revenue >of between $240 million and $250 million down from the year-ago quarter's >revenue of $250.6 million. > >I'm reading this wrongly, aren't I? This statement is missing some >punctuation presumably? As written, the implication is that sales for Q2 >are predicted to be as low as US$600,000. :-) Sounds about right. :-) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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Madison Pruet — Sat, 15 Jul 2000 13:23:19 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I think that it should be read as follows: "of between $240 million and $250 million, down from the year-ago .... " ;-) We do not expect an earnings loss, and $600,000USD would not pay the payroll. Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > From: "Neil Truby" <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> > > > > >> For the quarter ended June 30, Informix said it expects to report > >revenue > >of between $240 million and $250 million down from the year-ago quarter's > >revenue of $250.6 million. > > > >I'm reading this wrongly, aren't I? This statement is missing some > >punctuation presumably? As written, the implication is that sales for Q2 > >are predicted to be as low as US$600,000. > > :-) > > Sounds about right. :-) > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com