Re: Informix coming to Linux, Dump Oracle NOW!

Michael Segel wrote: } Uhmmm, } Before anyone gets into a RDBMS flame war, lets get a few facts out in to the } open. } } Informix hasn't given the go ahead on the port. } Informix is 90% to the point of committing to the port. } What they need are a few people who are willing to commit to purchasing the ported } product. If you are in a position to buy, then contact Informix ASAP. } We are not way off in providing the numbers of people willing to purchase Informix } on Linux!!! } } <snip> } As to Oracle and Apple.... } Larry and Steve are buddies because they were/are both visionaries. } Phil, had an opprtunity to work with Steve, but declined to do so. } (Long story, and not worth repeating.) } } Oracle doesn't have to port their Database product to Apple for their partnership } to be sucessful. Jobs knows how to market hardware, and Larry knows how to } market software. Plan on seeing Oracle's NCs and Apple products making } inroads in to the business environments. } } As to Rhaposdy, it too has potential. } Web Objects is still the best method of connecting web based applications to } relational databases. } } But enough of my soapbox. } } Don't discount Apple, and don't discount Oracle. You will get burned everytime. } <snip> If somebody dumped Oracle, they got luckey !!!, at least for the time being ... If I am not mistaken Oracle had far worse accounting problem in 1990, than what Informix had, at that time they got clobbered in the market by 70%, this time they are blamming currency exchange rates, but the analysts might have understood that oracle engine is all patched-up for parallel threadding and may not be a worthy opponent if Informix can do better marketing of their engines. Now about the visionery part, probably Jobs is some kind of a visionary, may be that is why he don't want to bet his money on Apple. -- Have a nice day Felix K. Mathews mailto:fmathews@systems.dhl.com