Re: IBM to buy Informix

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Joseph Shraibman wrote:

> Mart�n Marqu�s wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 24 Abr 2001 18:04, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > IBM to buy Informix:
> > >
> > >    http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5705678.html?tag=st.it.9500.lthd
> >
> > The rumour was there about a month ago. The problem was that the people of
> > Informix didn't know how to sell there product, so Oracle and Micro$oft were
> > all over them.
> > Looks like the romour was right! :-)
>
> They couldn't sell it because it was a crappy product.  I have no idea
> why IBM would be willing to plunk down a bil for Informix.

Doesn't matter much.  If IBM was marketing windows you probably wouldn't
see it on the shelves six months later.

Vince.
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