It became a mess as Phil White ran the place into the ground. Sadly, he never would have been brought in but for the financial disaster that was Informix's acq

It became a mess as Phil White ran the place into the ground. Sadly, he never would have been brought in but for the financial disaster that was Informix's acquisition of Innovative Software; the resulting financial stress necessitated "new upper management with Wall Street credibility". Hence came Phil White and his minions, and the rest is a sad history.