Re: Reuter's article - - - IFMX a mainframe company

Posted in 2003

Mark D. Stock — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:05:15 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

John Carlson wrote: > Here's the quote . . . . > > International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N unseated Oracle as the > overall leader in total new database software sales with its > acquisition of mainframe database vendor Informix in 2001. The > company, along with Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O , has also been making > gains at the low-end of the modern database market that Oracle has > dominated. ... and do Oracle have plans to expand their domination of the low-end database market? 8-) I knew Informix marketing was bad, but they REALLY undersold their mainframe products, didn't they! :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list

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John Carlson — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:26:08 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:05:15 +0100, "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydassolutions.com> wrote: > >John Carlson wrote: > >> Here's the quote . . . . >> >> International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N unseated Oracle as the >> overall leader in total new database software sales with its >> acquisition of mainframe database vendor Informix in 2001. The >> company, along with Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O , has also been making >> gains at the low-end of the modern database market that Oracle has >> dominated. > >... and do Oracle have plans to expand their domination of the low-end >database market? 8-) I'll leave that one . . . > >I knew Informix marketing was bad, but they REALLY undersold their >mainframe products, didn't they! :-) > Less than nothing . . . .hmmmm.