Re: Informix running on Linux

In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.970523185303.25393G-100000@reflections.eng.min dspring.net>, Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.net> writes >On Fri, 23 May 1997, Doug McAllister wrote: >> So lighten up and find some free database software to go with Linux. > >In the absence of a Linux port, the rising generation of unix people will >(continue to) do exactly this. > Probably with Microsoft or Oracle... >> When you decide to do some SERIOUS development, then maybe you will >> spend the money for some serious software. > I am doing serious devlopment but why should I not get to play with the newest toys, find out what they can do before I commit a project to using it and then find it can't do what I need, or rather can but with a few months to delivery it will take too long to figure out how to get it to do what I want it to do. My last company had a project almost fail and almost got sued because we using VB on a 5 month project (20 weeks) and hiut limitations 4 weeks before delivery...4 weeks is not enough time to be able to get help and talk to people who have more experience (there weren't any) because VB was so new). Why should I take a massive loss on my first project because I could not get a free copy to play with and learn on before I commit to using it.... >sigh. > -- David Williams