Re: informix market share

From: RollForward Wizard <rollforward_at_rollforward.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:00:02 -0500
Message-ID: <7wtif.17164$c06.13325@fe04.usenetserver.com>

Bob Jones wrote:
> "xiaoxin" <lixiaoxinwb_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1133132461.988551.14130_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...

>>> The market share for Informix was about 5% in 2004, down 1% from 2003.
>> Any links to support your figure?
>>

>
> http://www.gartner.com/press_releases/asset_127553_11.html
>
>

Well that just about says it all. Great link.

Two words describe Informix, "embedded" and "legacy". One word is being marketed by IBM, the rest is just pure market reality. The only place left to go after embedded is entombed. Informix is living in a coma, and the damn thing just never seems to die, somebody take out the feeding tube!

Informix will eventually fade into obscurity. Pity. All that goodness, all that greatness, all that hard work, all that 1.4% market share, down the shitter. Received on Sun Nov 27 2005 - 20:00:02 CST