Re: Pilgrim's progress at the medicine show

paul sellars (paul@boothbc.demon.co.uk) wrote: : I agree with you. As PC products become more powerful and sophisticated : they will, increasingly, eat into Informix's low-end market share for tools : and databases. This will squeeze Informix, Oracle, Sybase etc. into a : shrinking high-end market. Hence the attempts by the above to move down to : the PC. Unfortunately Informix does not seem to understand the pricing : structures needed to compete in this market. Their recent announcement of : new price structures for NewEra client software is a step in the right : direction, but they are going to have to take several giant strides to : compete effectively. It is Microsoft's stated intention to expand : up-market into corporate software and they have been pretty effective : in the past at wiping out the competition. The latter seems a rather peculiar statement. Granted, they succeeded in wiping out DR. They have conspicuously failed (so far) to wipe out IBM, Lotus or Word Perfect. Can they be attributed with wiping out Borland? Maybe, but probably not. You'll be trying to tell us that Oracle have "wiped out" Informix next! (presumably on the basis that they have larger revenues). -- graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.