Re: Microsoft to announce buyout of Informix

Robert Gammon wrote:

> In article <33826713.2D04_at_mindspring.com>,
> Tom Wilson <tdwilson_at_mindspring.com> wrote:
> >James McGovern wrote:
> >>
> >> When your look at INFORMIX over the last five or so years, think of
 all
> >> the products that have been brought to market by INFORMIX.... Now
 think
> >> of how much the market has taken up the offering's.... How much
> >> resources do you think it takes to bring a product to market ? How
 long
> >> do you think it takes to return an overall profit on the product ?
 .....
> >> I'm guessing they have lost heaps of doe ray me over the last few
 years
> >> because of diversification.
> >>
> >> One thing is certain, When money in the door slows down and money
 out
> >> the door speeds up your asking for a takeover and I can't think of
 any
> >> other company that has the proven record in software development
 like
> >> Microsoft. When you think Captain Billy boy has taken the idea of
> >> creating a dos for dummies environment and ran with it and now look
 at
> >> the giant he has made. I can't wait to see what will happen with
> >> INFORMIX and thank god we all have the opportunity to be there at
 the
> >> start.
> >
> >I think a more likely target for Microsoft would be Sybase. After
 all,
> >MS SQL Server is rooted in the Sybase kernel and their API interface
 is
> >still Sybase's DBLib. And while Sybase stock isn't stinking it up
 like
> >Informix, they definitely have their problems.
>
> Why should Microsoft turn benevolent after all this time. Their
> arrogance with their in-house products gives a NIH syndrome. Now,
> if Microsoft ONLY had MS Access, and no other database product,
> then maybe. The gap between SQL Server (or whatever they are calling
> it today) and the PC versions of Informix or Sybase database servers
> are not that large. The real differences exist in the Unix versions
> of these products. Microsoft has shown little or no interest in
> pursueing the needs of the Unix market to date.
>
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> Robert Gammon
> rgammon_at_micro.ti.com
> My views are my own, I in no way represent the views/opinions
> of my employer, or anyone else
> Using OS/2 Warp Connect, a user of every OS/2 version since 1.0
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 I would expect them to be more of an attractive target for an applicaiton software vendor that needs a database engine to compete with Oracle up and down the value chain. Received on Thu May 22 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST