Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
Date: 1997/12/01
Message-ID: <34849ab2.420767000_at_elf.bri.hp.com>#1/1
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 19:31:31 +1000, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am_at_agd.nsw.gov.au> wrote:
>Michael Segel wrote:
>>
>> Anthony Mandic wrote:
>>
>> > I feel tempted to state the same here, but I'd rather ask why
>> > some of Informix's top programmers have jumped ship and joined
>> > Orable? (According to what I've read recently in the trade
>> > papers)
>>
>> Who said that they were the *top* programmers. :-)
>
> The trade papers (not that they know anything 99.99% of the time).
>
>> If I remember correctly, Informix bought Illustra around that time, if
>> you catch my drift.
>
> Ah, the net closes in.
Quoting from "computing" magazine in the UK:
"In a humiliating double blow, Informix has admitted overestimating revenues by $236 million over a three year period...
...The company has now admitted that in 1996 its turnover was over $200 million less than the $939 million orignally claimed.
In fact, Informix made a loss of $73.6 million rather than a profit of $97.8 million in 1996...."
Sounds like they are up the proverbial creek...
The above message reflects my own views, not those of Hewlett Packard. When emailing me, please note that there is no '.junk' in my address. Received on Mon Dec 01 1997 - 00:00:00 CET