Re: Informix Directions

Michael Segel wrote: > > > > > > > I can only assume Informix is deliberately trimming itself right > > down to its core of database engine and large corporate accounts > > preparatory to selling to someone. Now who would be interested in > > a good high end engine? Who couldn't give a damn about old, textual > > 4GL? And, for those who play the US markets, how much would they > > be prepared to pay? > > > > Mike > > You have been talking with Tim, haven't you? :-) > > Seriously, looks like Bob F. took a really sharp knife and cut the company a > little too lean. > Not to mention, he seems to have misrepresented his intentions. Hell, he should > run for > political office.... > > Of course, while this is happening, clients are being sold FUD from Oracle and > Microsoft. > (Sybase would sell it to, but they don't have the credibility to sell FUD.) > > So clients walk, and there is no one home at Informix to fight for the client > base. > Surely someone at Informix is able to see what's happening. > As we speak, Informix's stock price seems to have taken a negative trend with > prices below > the moving cost average. > > Perhaps Bob cut too much too quickly? > > Now if only he hadn't given up on the bottom line and looked for potential > untapped markets > like Linux. > > Sigh, one could only hope for an enlightened CEO.... > I thought that's what we ended up with . . . John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc.