kwasetis Could be. But the obvious buyers already have either bought solutions or developed their own such as MS, IBM, Filenet and Documentum. Maybe someone in the ERP space due to divine's interoperability. But most ERP say they do this anyway. Your guess is good as mine. Should be interesting to watch.
Cheers John --- kwasetis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This appears to be true, but I'll make a prediction: Just as OpenMarket was > acquired by divine and is now 'divine Content Server', I think that since > this product is a top-rated product (see the #1 Forrester ranking last Fall, > if you give those reports any merit), you will see the company, or at least > this product and its client base acquired very affordably by a bigger > player. This is what happens in down economies - the big players just get > bigger. > > Due to divine's ties to CA (Computer Associates), my money would be on CA > purchasing the divine Content Server. Who knows, though. > > Having worked with the product, it is pretty nice. As far as company > viability during analysis - what do you do when looking at private vendors? > They can state revenues/earnings/sales as they please - you have no proof of > their viability, so are you eliminating them from consideration? Just > curious how you are addressing that. > > Regards, > > Ken Wasetis > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Downs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Todd Warfel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Steve Drucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 10:18 AM > Subject: Re: [cms-list] Divine? > > > > Divine, > > > > I agree with Todd's assessment. I just completed an competitive analysis > on them including a > > financial analysis. Divine has about 2 qtrs of cash on hand at their > current burn rate. Not good > > in current economic times. > > > > John > > > > > > --- Todd Warfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We looked at divine last year when choosing a CMS. We had serious > concerns > > > about the company's ability to maintain viability over the long run. > They > > > had acquired several companies and a portal, didn't seem to have a good > > > direction, their stock was going in the tank, and they were laying off > like > > > 250 people. > > > > > > Not a good confidence booster. > > > > > > On 2/15/03 8:53 AM, "Steve Drucker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Anyone have any insight about what's happening here? Stock price is > in the > > > > toilet and lawsuits are flying > (http://biz.yahoo.com/e/030130/dvin8-k.html). > > > > Meanwhile, they're issuing press releases about enhancements to their > CMS? > > > > (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030210/nym074_1.html). > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > Todd R. Warfel > > > > > > _//message first [method second] > > > .--.==.--.==.--.==.--.==.--.==.--.==.--. > > > _//user experience architect > > > Information architecture > > > Interaction design > > > Usability analysis > > > [P] (607) 339-9640 > > > [E] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [w] http://www.messagefirst.com > > > .--.==.--.==.--.==.--.==.--.==.--.==.--. > > > > > > In theory, theory and practice are the same, > > > but in practice, they're not -- anonymous > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://cms-list.org/ > > > more signal, less noise. > > > > > > ===== > > John Downs > > Strategic Clarity, Inc. > > 303-748-5851 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > http://cms-list.org/ > > more signal, less noise. > > > > ===== John Downs Strategic Clarity, Inc. 303-748-5851 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://cms-list.org/ more signal, less noise.
