Re: Major crackdown on Informix products/ports ?

> > > We are currently emphasising the NT and are working on the release of a > "personal edition" version of the engine. Both of these are targeting for > small-end environments. While I can't speak for Bob, what I think he was > trying to emphasize is that there has been some neglect to the XPS environments > and performance issues in the past year with the IUS push. We are trying to > address those issues. For instance, bench mark tests on 7.3 do indicate that > there is a significant performance boost over 7.2. > > Madison Pruet I take it that you work for Informix? Then again here's a perfect example of Informix saying one thing and then doing the exact opposite! Bob Finocchio was on CNBC's Sqwak Box the morning following the release of last quarter's beating the street's estimates by $.21 a share. (A gain of $.05 vs an anticipated loss of $.16) On that program, Joe K. asked him point blank about his strategy. Bob F. then outlined that Informix was not going to compete in the *commodity* database market but will compete in specialized segments like datawarehousing which he felt that they [Informix] had an advantage over its competitors. Namely Oracle. If you visit Informix's web site, Finocchio even re-itereates this message, which is what the original post was about. Informix is running around like a chicken with its head cut off! No wonder Larry was so confident that they will make a 20% growth this quarter in their core products! (Informix makes it sooo easy to sell FUD!) -Mikey