Re: Visual Cafe nixes Jworks?

Nils Myklebust wrote: > > Cosmo Lee <cosmo@echonyc.com> wrote: > > :That's a very interesting press release. So what does this say about > :the future of Jworks? If Informix is going to align w/ Symantec for > :Visual Cafe, why would we need Jworks? > > Obviously we wouldn't and Jworks isn't ever going to be released as a > separate product. At least I can't understand how they could do that > as it would be a direct competitor. You generally do not release > products that directly compete with the major product from someone you > have a *strategic* cooperation with. From what I have seen of > Symantecs Visual Cafe and what I know they are doing with the product > Informix would also be *very* hard put to come up with something that > could equal it. I've noticed that the Symantec/Cafe Pro website still says that Cafe Pro will include native Informix access if direct feedback and Symantec's market research shows a demand. Now *that* is confusing and worrying. I think for the moment I will risk US$49 on Roaster's Release 3; my Mac was feeling left out, anyway! Daniel Schultz