Re: Informix job market?

In <jlumbleyEMAC9u.3GI@netcom.com> jlumbley@netcom.com (Joe Lumbley) writes: >I've been following the Informix financial situation since the beginning, >and have participated in all of the usual chauvinistic "Informix has the >best technology" discussions, as I'm sure everyone else in this group has >been doing for the last several months. At first, it seemed inconceivable >to me that Informix would go down the drains....then it became inconceivable >that other companies could just sit back and not snatch up Informix, especially >at just over $4 per share. Personally, I wish I had more money, to buy up >Informix stock while it's in the basement. >I've noticed something, though, that may be important to all of us as Informix >professionals. At least in the Dallas area, the number of Informix-related >job postings seems to be at an all-time low. Anybody else seen the same thing? >It seems like my favorite barometer of the Informix job market, recruiter >postings in c.d.i (;-)=> , also seems to be depressed. >What's the market looking like in everybody else's areas? In my tiny corner of a tiny corner of the Informix world, things are steady. One customer is just about to can Informix/AIX in favour of ?Ingres/OS400?, but that had nothing to do with the financial malarky in recent times. On the other hand, I'm just about to start 2 sub-contractors for another project that's ramping up. Do you want me to advertise their positions here? :) -- Bryan Tonnet batonnet@phase4.com.au