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- From: briand@anasazi.com (Brian Douglass)
- Subject: Re: An insider's view
- Organization: Anasazi Inc Phx Az USA
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:00:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.170004.11672@anasazi.com>
- References: <memo.818132@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@anasazi.com (Usenet News)
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- In article <memo.818132@cix.compulink.co.uk> shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
- >
- >I recieved this message today from someone inside Informix. I've been
- >asked not to identify the individual but am posting the message with
- >permission.
- >
- [deleted stuff]
- >And if there is
- >nothing which is much better - why should we spend money for
- >implementing all these features if we can sell it as it is ?
-
- Because you do have competitors out there building new products. And while
- today you may be alone, you can't depend on that being the case tomorrow.
- This industry has seen many a product where "there is nothing which is much
- better" and their marketers asked "why should we spend money for implementing
- all these features if we can sell it as it is." What were the results? Just
- look at products like VisiCalc, Osborne Portables, Ashton-Tate Dbase
- and MultiMate, WordStar (Micropro?). Look at how Lotus is getting hammered by
- Excel in the Windows market. I think the history is pretty clear on this
- matter.
-
- It is a STUPID marketing department that sits on a winning product and
- doesn't continue to enhance it according to market demands. Because if a
- company won't do that, someone else will invent the better mousetrap and we
- will all beat a path to their door. It remains to be seen whether or not
- Informix will fall into this category.
-
-