Re: Oracle: welcome to the basement

Posted in 1997

W. H. SMITH — Tue, 09 Dec 1997 18:52:22 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Joe Lumbley wrote: > > Oracle's stock dropped almost 30% in the first hour of trading today after > they announced disappointing earnings. By 10:30 EST they had been downgraded > to neutral by 3 brokerages and their trading volume was almost 10 times > their average. > > Maybe Informix should start making upgrade offers to Oracle customers > who are worried about the continued viability of Oracle ;) > > Joe Hee hee hee. Wonder what spin Larry E. will put on this one. BTW, Informix only dropped 5%. John Carlson Informix DBA WH Smith, Inc #include disclaimer.h