RE: Looks Like The Party Is Over In Menlo (2nd try)

Keep in mind, having worked in a Pick environment quite recently I am biased on this topic. >===== Original Message From Tim Schaefer <tschaefe@bellsouth.net> ===== >Clownster, > >I will try to be brief, it is a difficult thing for me, but I >will try to keep this short. > >Thanks for your kind words. Talk about the Peter Principle alive >and kicking at Informix. I imagine another class action lawsuit >is keeping Booby busy enough, not to mention the specter of major >mismanagement issues looming in the background. > >Interesting that until now Informix didn't have anyone in charge >with any software business experience. Dex was rewarded but >maybe more importantly, he was cannon fodder from the beginning. > >Now it appears Ardent will have the upper hand for a while at >least. But the agenda for engines may now shift towards what >Ardent sells vs what Informix used to sell. This is most >disconcerting in the context that almost nobody I know of is >using Ardent data bases of any kind. If Mr. Gyenes thinks >multivalue ( or whatever they are called ) data bases are in >vogue, he might want to take a closer look around. Nobody is >using them. Indeed Informix/Ardent or Ardent/Informix will >be out of business soon enough if this tact is taken. I will agree that Ardent's database products are not in vogue, but claims about the death of Pick databases have been greatly exaggerated. My biggest concern when Informix purchased Ardent was that all focus on Ardent products would die. That would not exactly endear the current Universe/Unidata users to go to an Informix database. I hope with someone from Ardent at the helm, there is a chance that Informix's products will be pushed forward, and Informix will be able to still pick up a profit from Ardent's customers. Don't get me wrong, marketing is still a lost cause, but I still have some hope. Will Will ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------