Re: Informix stock [Serious response]

"boris" <bdNOSPAM@movil.com> writes: > I don't understand: if Informix products are so much better than > competition why doesn't the company make money? What do you call $200M a quarter in sales? > Informix database engine scales well; great, but where are the > earnings? We've got earnings, we're just going to be VERY conservative in recognizing those earnings. > I have an impression that some Silicon Valley software companies > can't organize work right; in particular, the work environment is > oriented towards mediocrasies (with very high self-esteem of > course). Affirmative action helps a lot. And take those large teams > where losers are the bottleneck. Plus great California climate. Hrm. I work in R&D and I'm in Portland. Careful with that broad brush you're painting with. > The result is clear: Silicon Valley companies lose. Good thing we're in the Silicon Forest. > Hype helps for a while (or even bribed politicians like in case of > Sun and Oracle great battle against Mic...Prime Evil) but end result > is the same. You may notice that Informix is staying far away from that mess. > When will I get even in my adventure of buying Informix stock? My advice would be to hang onto it. You own a piece of an interesting company. -- I do not speak for Informix Software, Inc.