Re: Senior Oracle DBA now Learning Informix by Request ofCompany:IThought Informix was Dead?

Posted in 2006

John Carlson — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:25:55 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:28:14 -0500, Serge Rielau <srielau@ca.ibm.com> wrote: >John Carlson wrote: >> On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 09:41:56 -0000, "Captain Pedantic" >> <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:mailman.503.1165625626.29126.informix-list@iiug.org... >>> >>>> Well, Janet P. did try her best to kill it, but in the end, she was sunset >>>> before Informix was. ;-) >>> When did "sunset" become a transitive verb? Or in fact a verb of any kind? >>> >> >> >> So you're wondering when 'sunset' was verbed? 8-) >> >> JWC >http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl >new search: sunset >---- >sun'set /'s{phon_capv}nset/ noun, adj., verb > >> clip << >Someone ought to give the Capt'n a new dictionary... But it's not the Queen's English . . . .8-) JWC