Re: Informix quits Windows end of market??

On Mon, 09 Mar 1998 14:47:39 +0000, Paul Watson <watson@mcmail.com> wrote: >Source Computer Weekly 5/3/98 > >"Database supplier Informix said it would move out of the low end of the >market for systems running in Microsoft's Window NT, an concentrate on >the higher end, which remains mainly Unix-based. Chief Executive Robert >Finocchio said the bottom end of the market was becoming dominated by >Microsoft's database products. Informix returned to profit inthe fourth >quarter, after shedding about 1,000 staff and shutting some offices" > >I know there's been some recent chat about Informix loosing/keeping SCO >support etc, but I haven't seen the loss of NT mentioned - maybe I >missed it. I haven't seen or heard anyone from Informix saying anything like this. It isn't unlikely that a journalist would interpret some of what have been said lately to mean what is written here. I am however quite sure that Informix understands they have to be strong on NT. Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: Primary with ODBC info: http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html