Re: Microsoft to announce buyout of Informix

From: Dave Petheram <davegp_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: 1997/05/04
Message-ID: <5kgutv$jml_at_dfw-ixnews12.ix.netcom.com>#1/1


Why would the SEC allow it when they didn't allow Bill to takeover Intuit?

dp

In <01bc582a$8096f9e0$38c3f326_at_mantis> "James McGovern" <mcgovej_at_commandsys.com> writes:
>
>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.
Received on Sun May 04 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST

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