Re: Informix Directions

>>> "Tim Schaefer" <netd@evcom.net> 9/02/98 17:53:58 >>> Mindshare moves software, not car salesmen. Tim >>>>>>>>>>>>> Too true Timothy. (but is it fair for you to argue both sides of a = debate?) I have withheld adding my feeble presence to this thread, although it has = struck many many chords, mindful as I ever am of the advice of the sword = sage Musashi, "Do nothing that is of no use".=20 However, having a moment to spare between Video-conferences I can state = categorically why it is that Informix, although in my NVHO, having the = upper edge in software to Oracle, still gets walloped in the sales stakes. 1. Microsoft has Bill Gates 2. Oracle has Larry Ellison 3. Informix has ...erhhh, ummmmm, some really technical and smart guys, = and a guy thay call Bob F cos no one can remember how to spell or pronouce = his surname. How can you get a feel for something that gives you no emotional handles = to hang onto? Solution to Informixes marketing woes number 100345. Somebody with lots of money and ego and no idea at all about databases = really needs to buy the company out, and then start making his or her = outrageous presence felt in the media. I would consider myself a suitable candidate but I only make it on two = counts, not having the requisite funding stream available. Ah me..the possibilities. George Soros, if you are still following this thread, you can count me in = as your frontman. Seriously but... I agree with Tim. If Informix really does have the grunt, then they = should go head to head with Oracle, Win, lose , break even, doesn't = matter. At the end of the day there will be blood on the floor and it may = belong to our friends at Informix, but it has to be better than expiring = from a slow hemorrage (however the hell you spell it). Not to put words in the mouth of the great one, If Musashi were here today = he might say that Informix lacked the spirit of the warrior. Peter Tash <tashkop@iname.com>