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- From: dave@bradley.bradley.edu (David Vessell)
- Subject: Re: An insider's view
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.214410.6511@bradley.bradley.edu>
- Organization: Bradley University
- References: <memo.818132@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 21:44:10 GMT
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- >I hear every day that we have the best 4GL on the market ! It seems
- >that our 4GL has a very big share of the Unix market. I don't hear
- >very much from the marketing department that there should be so many
- >[.......]
- >say our 4GL is really a fourth generation language. And if there is
- >nothing which is much better - why should we spend money for
- >implementing all these features if we can sell it as it is ?
-
- That is a foolish, asinine, and dangerous attitude.
-
- A 'very big share' means nothing unless you propose ways to keep that
- market share. Witness IBM.
-
- You have a big share of the Unix market. Great. But are Oracle and Sybase
- sitting on their fannies? No way, dude. And how about the PC market?
- I've seen the MS-DOS version of 4GL, and it's a dog. You might as well
- give it up. Novell B-trieve products will eat you for lunch.
-
- I hope your attitude is not the prevalent one at Informix. If it is, then
- I suppose it would be in our best interest to start looking for another
- platform, one who gives a damn about its users instead of considering it a
- privelege just to own their product.
- --
- *davE* Making the world safe for intelligent dance music. dave@bradley.edu.
- ########## David L. Vessell -- Bradley University Computing Services #########
- Your shame is neverending. Just one psychological drama after another.-Erasure
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