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To: cmchang who wrote (11024)	6/3/1998 10:02:00 PM
From: Thai Chung	Respond to of 14631

Cmchang: From Dow Jones Newswires -- June 3, 1998 Informix To Give Away Windows NT Database To Seed The Mkt By MARK BOSLET Dow Jones Newswires PALO ALTO, Calif., -- Informix Corp. (IFMX) said it will attempt to seed the market for the Windows NT version of its high-performance database by giving the product away for free this year. The software maker said from June 15 through the end of 1998 users will be able to download copies of its Windows NT-based Dynamic Server database from the company's Web site. Informix predominantly sells Unix-based software, but the still young market for database products that run on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows NT is growing faster. The free product will include a license for use by one developer and for 50 computer users who would access the database. The company's aim is to increase the spread of the product, a company spokesman said. By giving copies of its Windows NT-based software away, Informix hopes to encourage software developers and resellers to develop applications for its Dynamic Server database, said Joe Niemann, vice president of the company's distribution channel. "We need to have applications developed on (Windows) NT," Niemann told Dow Jones. At present, about 100 developers are making applications to run on the product, and Informix announced its free software offer at a meeting of developers and other partners today in Burlingame, Calif. Niemann said the free software offer comes with 60 days of support.

To: cmchang who wrote (11024)	6/4/1998 10:38:00 PM
From: David Cohen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14631

Speaking of articles, there were a couple in Infoworld today. The first mentions an Informix tool to migrate character-based 4GL apps to Windows, so that the investment in the old apps can be kept when they switch to the NT version of IFMX, presumably. infoworld.com And then, in the "Notes from the Field" (i.e. the "Robert X. Cringely" column), the title this week is: "Where in the world are Alan Baratz and Phil White, the Mojave Desert?" Here's the relevant part: BEGIN QUOTE: Unfortunately, I fell asleep and missed the stop in San Francisco, but woke up just north of the city in San Rafael. Well, heck, as long as I was in the area, I figured I'd just mosey on over to San Quentin prison and see if Phil White, ex-CEO of Informix, had a reservation. Poor Phil, he has too-many-to-count lawsuits filed against him for financial shenanigans at Informix. Alas, the prison guard said that Phil wasn't on the inmate list yet, but did a quick search and found Phil on the Internet as a board member at Tibco, a messaging middleware company now owned by Reuters. "Word is," whispered the prison guard, "Phil is making sales calls for Tibco now. Quite a step down, don'cha think?" END QUOTE "Quite a step down", yes, yes, but not nearly quite the step down our precious little stock took, am I right? Ah, well, no use crying over spilled blood. Here's the URL for what I quoted above so you can see it "in situ": infoworld.com Enjoy, enjoy. ___ DC