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To: Tom Gebing who wrote (12427)	12/3/1998 4:58:00 PM
From: David Cohen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

> DB 14:55 [IFMX] IMFORMIX SAYS ITS TAKING MORE > 'PRO-ACTIVE OUTREACH' TO BIG INVESTORS. About bloody well time, I say. I wonder if we should've known that their investor outreach was going to be less than proactive for a while: I remember being surprised listening in on an IFMX conference call shortly after Finnochio (sp) took over. A Wall Street analyst used the phrase "dog and pony show" in passing and Finnochio didn't get his meaning, thinking he was referring to a trade show or something. The conversation bogged down over this until the analyst gave up and they moved on. Given that, in this context, "dog and pony show" means "'proactive outreach' to big investors", perhaps we should've known that the past year or so would be a dud. Oh, well. Better late than never. Battle on, Informix ___ DC P.S. Weren't datablades supposed to allow IFMX to do a great job hosting web content? Where are they in this space? Why is Oracle getting all the internet-related press over Oracle 8i, which has only recently come out? I think the PR people need to start poppin' some Proactive Pills over there too.

To: Tom Gebing who wrote (12427)	12/3/1998 9:37:00 PM
From: Peter Piper	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

MENLO PARK, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Informix jumped 20 percent in heavy trading Thursday after the company met with several big money managers, CBS.MarketWatch.com has learned. "We're making a more pro-active outreach to investors," said Stephen Jones, who handles public relations for the database software maker (IFMX). Jones declined to be more specific about the meetings. Shares jumped 1 1/32 to 7 Thursday on volume that was seven times heavier than average. In other news from the database market, Sybase (SYBS) will lay out plans for future growth on Friday, spokeswoman Mary Shank Rockman said. Jones said Informix representatives have been meeting with several large investors since the company reported third-quarter results at the end of October. In the quarter, Informix earned 10 cents, 3 cents more than analysts expected. More importantly, sales rose 23 percent, including a 24 percent increase in sales of core databases. Informix is trumpeting this news as it tries to rebuild Wall Street's trust after weathering an accounting scandal and about two years of declining sales. The company held its first formal meeting with financial analysts in a year in mid-November. (It took place one day after database titan Oracle held its meeting with analysts.) The database-sales growth at Informix is in sharp contrast to the 20 percent decline in database sales for the same period at rival Sybase. See related story. Sybase had been expected to further clarify its growth plans in a conference call Dec. 1. But now the call has been put off until Dec. 14. A company spokeswoman said the delay was made to allow Sybase executives to go on a roadshow of their own ahead of making a public announcement. Shares of Sybase -- the third-largest database software maker -- dipped 1/8 to 6 13/16 on Wednesday, less than half their 52-week high.