Feedback on the new Informix and Phil White Book

Hello, My name is Peter Riccio and I was a manager at Informix in the early 90's. Steve Martin, the author The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White was an employee of mine and he provided me a copy of the manuscript in advance of the book's release. I thought I would share some of thoughts about the book with you. First, I think it really captures the spirit and what made Informix such a great company. In particular, I like how the book is organized by year. This makes it easy to follow the battles against Sybase and Oracle and track the product/marketing/management progressions. The book also provides a "dead-on" historical perspective of the company and an in-depth analysis of the rise and equally important, why the company fell. But the part I liked best was the interview with Phil White in the last chapter. While I won't give away what he says, let me tell you it is priceless. I believe the book is now orderable on Amazon or at www.storyofinformix.com. Peter Riccio