Ellison? He'll publish some new TPC-C benchmark on clustered Timex wristwatches and sell it as a "global distributed clustered business management tool". Don't worry about ol Larry, he'll come up with plenty of smoke and mirrors. -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 4:51 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Where is Ellison ? What does he react on IBM Informix reaction ..... Rivaldi Oracle DBA > > Subject: IBM acquisition of Informix - competitor reaction > > Dear Informix Customer, > > You may have noticed some frenzied activity from Oracle recently, > reacting to the IBM decision to acquire Informix. Oracle clearly is > acting out of desperation when it tries to panic Informix customers in > an effort to encourage them to move to the Oracle platform. As we're > sure you are aware, the information that Oracle is publishing is grossly > misleading. It has the sole purpose of creating an atmosphere of doubt > and uncertainty in the minds of satisfied Informix users, where no such > uncertainty should exist. > > We would like to take this opportunity to reassure you that Informix > users have absolutely no reason to be concerned about continued support, > or the quality of that support. Unfortunately, this is one of the areas > where Oracle is acting unprofessionally and is trying to generate > confusion. IBM has publicly stated its commitment to maintain and update > Informix's database products for the foreseeable future. We intend to > keep our word. > > Other areas where Oracle is seeking to generate confusion are equally > lacking in merit and deserve clarification: > > * Claims of superior technology are simply unsupportable -- and > most analysts will readily agree. > > * Oracle products are known for their limited scalability - single > instances of over 1 terabyte are very rare in the Oracle customer base, > and again the analysts will support this. > > * There are countless examples of customers who are managing > Informix and IBM DB2 databases with significantly less resources than > Oracle users. This makes nonsense of Oracle's claims that they have > easier management or lower cost of ownership advantages. > > * Oracle has taken tremendous criticism from their users about > their power unit pricing. In contrast, both IBM and Informix have > simpler and lower pricing, and are proven in independent studies to > deliver lower total cost of ownership than Oracle. > > > We have always believed that Informix and IBM offer our customers superb > products. Individually our technologies are unquestionably superior to > Oracle's. Collectively, the combination of product and services > strengths provided by our two companies is outstanding. Together we are > proud to offer innovative and powerful solutions that can provide > unparalleled benefits to our users -- while leaving Oracle and its > misleading and exaggerated claims in the dust. > > As Janet Perna said at the time of the announcement of the acquisition, > "IBM and Informix are impressive as separate entities, but by joining > forces we can truly make database history. Together, we have the ability > to set the information infrastructure standard for the next generation." > > > You can be confident that the decision you made to stay with Informix > and IBM is one you will be proud of for years to come. > > Kind regards > > Janet Perna, General Manager, Data Management Solutions, IBM Corporation > > Jim Foy, President, Informix Software > > -----Original Message----- <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:22 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L --------------------------------------------------------- 4) NEWS: Clouds Over Oracle --------------------------------------------------------- Oracle's executive vice president of North American sales, George Roberts, said at a technology conference in San Francisco recently that the sales outlook for Oracle remained cloudy. With the scheduled release of Oracle9i - - the latest database version -- in May, Roberts was optimistic that Oracle's revenues should get a boost. But analysts have recently raised concerns that Oracle is losing its hold on the database market, particularly to IBM. For more information, go to: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010430/tc/tech_oracle_software_dc_1.html <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010430/tc/tech_oracle_software_dc_1.html> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com <http://www.orafaq.com> -- Author: Mohan, Ross INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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