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Re: Re: Re: No future for DB2

Posted in 2005

Topics: General Discussion

Obnoxio The Clown — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Jean Sagi said: > > Online 5. as open source = Quite cool. But hugely impractical, as it would reveal far too much about IDS to the competition. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche A smile is a gift that is free to the giver and precious to the recipient. But giving someone the finger is free too, and I find it more personal and sincere. sending to informix-list

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Data Goob — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Jean Sagi said: > >>Online 5. as open source = Quite cool. > > > But hugely impractical, as it would reveal far too much about IDS to the > competition. > What competition? BWAHHAHAAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! There is no competition to Informix, it doesn't exist. Anything Informix would reveal at this point would be purely academic as the majority of systems out there do not use it. It was only at one time 5% of the market, so it's doubtful putting it out as open source is going to somehow jeopardize its ranking--it could only improve it. Its not like the big 3 even care about it, hell, Sybase stands a better chance of making a comeback at this point, riding on SQL-Server's coattails. What a laugh.

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