> From: Chuck Lewis
> 
> By the way, have they ever "gotten their act back together" after the
near
> meltdown, etc. ?

It wasn't "near".  They melted down completely.  The move to platform
independent SQL-driven code drove them into bankruptcy.  I'm not saying
SQL killed them, or Unix, but the execution of the conversion (lots of
outsourcing, lots of code cowboys, not a lot of attention to up-front
design or performance testing) bankrupted the company.

Gores Technology bought them out, they refocused on their core
competency and began a pretty respectable rise out of the ashes.
Recently they acquired PRMS, so they're doing a pretty good job of
consolidating that market.

Joe


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