Re: 1 Billion for Ascentail?

christopherc@gmail.com wrote: > nobody wrote: > >>Man don't you feel ripped off that PG is selling Ass-n-tail for the > > same > >>price he sold off Informix to IBM? > > > Actually, it appears IBM is paying more for Ardential than it did for > Informix: $1.1 billion dollars. > > I hadn't realised there was that much inflation. > > Sincerely (His and hers), > Christopher B| > > Pardon me, there seems to be some irony in my eye... > Depends on how much of the $1B they got from IBM Ascential still has.... If they just put the, say, $800M in the bank (or at least not loose it) then IBM gets it for $300M incremental over the original Informix purchase. Cheers Serge -- Serge Rielau DB2 SQL Compiler Development IBM Toronto Lab