Marketing wuz Re: Informix vs. Oracle wuz: Re: Informix?

At 06:04 AM 11/11/97 GMT, you wrote: >Just to add a few comments here Mr. Parker. Jack is fine. Just don't call me Sam - that moniker's already taken. The fellow that you are >responding to is right on every single count. I couldn't agree with you more. I was in a meeting with >one of the analysts last year. He was saying that the descision to buy >a database these days has a lot to do on the overall package such as >Support, performance, stability of the product, professional services, >financial stability of the database vendor itself etc etc. I think Informix scores well in all of those areas. The restatement process has called into question their financial stability to some, but even through that process there has not been any real danger of Informix going away. > >This is one example of the marketing effort that has been lacking and >Dave is pointing it out. We are all waiting and hoping for the best. > As am I. cheers j.