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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-----
From: Mohan, Ross [mailto:MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:22 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: More oracle news from the ether.
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
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