Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : IFMX - Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Dunigan who wrote (12971)	2/7/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: Lee L.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14631

I can't think of a single reason for why Oracle would want to buy Informix. Oracle would take possession of Informix's vast sea of customers! Relative to its current customer list, Ifmx's is insignificant. Oracle must have 100 marquee customer's for each big Informix customer. Oracle would then own Informix's superior database technology! If superior technology was all that important, Informix and IBM would be doing a lot better against Oracle right now -- Microsoft a lot worse. Informix's stock would soar if Oracle purchased it! Indeed it would. However, this isn't a reason for Oracle to do something this silly.