Re: Informix stock

On 13 Aug 98 at 17:36, jparker@epsilon.com wrote: > Are you asking a serious question or trolling? Sadly, I'd say he's just trolling. He frequently posts, ah, contentious statements about Informix stock here. Shall we start with his "understanding" of competing with SQL Server (can you spell row-level locking)? Or the integration of Illustra (can you spell UDO)? Or the guys using datablades (hell, even we do)? Ordinarily, I don't even bother commenting (Mikey says it so much better :-), but it looked like his post got censored for foul language.... :-) > cheers > j. > ---------------------- Forwarded by Jack Parker/Boston50/Epsilon on > 08/13/98 05:18 PM --------------------------- > > > "Boris" <borisspamno@pleasemovil.com> on 08/12/98 02:54:31 AM > > Please respond to "Boris" <XXXboris@movil.comXXX> > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > cc: (bcc: Jack Parker/Boston50/Epsilon) > Subject: Informix stock > > > > > Is there any hope at all that Informix stock will go up? I > understand that there's no way they can compete with MS SQL > Server on NT. How about UNIX? Did they at least complete > integration with Illustra source? Does anybody use those > datablades at all or it's just crap? > Boris > > > > > -- Ciao, Billy /Group Managing Director, The West Solutions Group: http://www.west.co.za \\ Drivel @ http://www.west.co.za/tasteless/ / \\ "Granted, Mr Wheeler's ideas are stupid and unreasonable, but he does own the company and I / think we should go along with him..." \\________________________________________________________________________________________________