Re: Reuter's article - - - IFMX a mainframe company

Posted in 2003

John Carlson — Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:20:08 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:15:47 GMT, "Madison Pruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> wrote: >Well --- we do run on zOS Linux. So I guess that we're now a mainframe >database. ;-) > > >M.P. Makes sense . . . . look who bought the company . . . . doesn't IBM mean I Buy Mainframes <?????>> 8-) > > >"John Carlson" <john_carlson@whsmithusa.com> wrote in message >news:dd3vlvsnd9ujsj8etlvaddt67adnpa7uvj@4ax.com... >> Here's the quote . . . . >> >> International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N unseated Oracle as the >> overall leader in total new database software sales with its >> acquisition of mainframe database vendor Informix in 2001. The >> company, along with Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O , has also been making >> gains at the low-end of the modern database market that Oracle has >> dominated. >> >> Here's the link . . . >> >http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=3408733 >> >> I didn't know that Informix was a mainframe company . . . .8-) >

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Obnoxio The Clown — Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:11:46 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

John Carlson wrote: > doesn't IBM mean I Buy Mainframes <?????>> 8-) "It's Better Manually", actually.