Re: Informix running on Linux

Marco Greco wrote: > < snip > > I will ask the IIUG *to sit with Informix and get them to reconsider their > positions* both on pricing politics and linux ports. > All it takes is 10 brave cdi readers to back up my request (... oh, well, OK, > and one more to adequately word it... :-) OK, count me in as a backer. After all I seem to remember trying to fly a similar kite a year or so ago... > Seriously, Informix, you need to turn again to developers. Let them > have the software at acceptable prices and on a widely available > OS. You *need* a wide developer base. *Who else is going to propose > your products to prospective customers?* > Let me remind you of another group who might also benefit from this - students. Remember that Unix got a huge push from graduates who first used it as students in the late 70s and early 80s and then moved into the computing profession (at least that's what folklore says). I suspect the Internet's current growth owes a lot to the fact that the student population had access over the last few years. If Informix could get better access to classrooms running on Linux (classrooms always seem to be price sensitive) this could pay off in due turn. Even M$ is courting that market now... Ian