RE: Is IBM actually doing something with IDS?

Posted in 2007

Ian Michael Gumby — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:16:14 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

>From: "Fred Pratt" <fpratt@microbeef.com> >To: "'Carsten Haese'" <carsten@uniqsys.com>, <informix-list@iiug.org> >Subject: RE: Is IBM actually doing something with IDS? > >"Simply giving away a "real deal, production ready" database engine for >free >won't make any business sense to IBM." > >IBM does this with DB2 Express-C. Why not a similar version for IDS? > >Fred > Because IDS isn't DB2 or Oracle? ;-) Seriously, its like asking to testdrive a Ferrari but you can only keep it in first gear, and there's a throttle lock/govenor so you can't go faster than 15mph / 25kph. _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web mail'award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507