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- From: davek@informix.com (David Kosenko)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
- Subject: Re: An insider's view
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.171127.7284@informix.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:11:27 GMT
- References: <memo.818132@cix.compulink.co.uk> <1992Dec18.170004.11672@anasazi.com>
- Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News)
- Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
- Lines: 42
-
- Brian Douglass writes:
- shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
- >>
- >>I recieved this message today from someone inside Informix. I've been
- >>asked not to identify the individual but am posting the message with
- >>permission.
- >>
- >[deleted stuff]
- >>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 ?
-
- First of all, let me state unequivocably that the opinion expressed in this
- quoted text, from an unnamed individual who works for Informix, is by
- NO STRETCH OF THE WILDEST IMAGINATION the opinion of the company in
- general, or more importantly, the opinion and official stance of the folks
- responsible for tools development (tools meaning 4gl, Wingz, etc.). DO NOT
- interperet this unnamed person's opinion as official Informix position.
-
- >It is a STUPID marketing department that sits on a winning product and
- >doesn't continue to enhance it according to market demands. Because if a
- >company won't do that, someone else will invent the better mousetrap and we
- >will all beat a path to their door. It remains to be seen whether or not
- >Informix will fall into this category.
-
- Well, from another insider's perspective, let me assure you that Informix
- is doing its utmost not to fall into this category (i.e. letting someone
- else build the better mousetrap). While I can't give any details (I'm
- not sure what, if anything, was mentioned at the User Conference since I
- wasn't there), there is a "new version" of 4gl coming down the pike that
- should address a lot of the concerns people have been expressing on the net.
- History will be our judge, but I think we'll be able to say that we tried
- very hard.
-
- Dave
-
-
- --
- Disclaimer: These opinions are not those of Informix Software, Inc.
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