Re: Company thought DB2 will be better than Oracle.

Posted in 2003

Neil Truby — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:49:14 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1063632356.105378@yasure... > Neil Truby wrote: > > >Sorry to go on about this, and I sense we're discussing theis point in > >circles, but there's no benefit to be accrued simply by acquiring the good > >people and technology and then doing nothing with it ..... > > > > > They are doing something with what the acquired. It just may not be what > Informix developers and DBAs want: Time will tell. Killing it? Actually, I guess you mean "incorporating its functionality into that of DB2 UDB". But they're no longer talking about code merge. So they didn't have to buy the company to do this. Just a manual ...

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Obnoxio The Clown — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:06:34 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message > news:1063632356.105378@yasure... >> Neil Truby wrote: >> >> >Sorry to go on about this, and I sense we're discussing theis point in >> >circles, but there's no benefit to be accrued simply by acquiring the > good >> >people and technology and then doing nothing with it ..... >> > >> > >> They are doing something with what the acquired. It just may not be what >> Informix developers and DBAs want: Time will tell. > > Killing it? > > Actually, I guess you mean "incorporating its functionality into that of > DB2 UDB". > But they're no longer talking about code merge. > So they didn't have to buy the company to do this. > Just a manual ... Or they could have grabbed some of the development team. Nah, nobody would be that unethical, would they? -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ''' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche

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Darin McBride — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:34:50 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message > news:1063632356.105378@yasure... >> Neil Truby wrote: >> >> >Sorry to go on about this, and I sense we're discussing theis point in >> >circles, but there's no benefit to be accrued simply by acquiring the > good >> >people and technology and then doing nothing with it ..... >> > >> > >> They are doing something with what the acquired. It just may not be what >> Informix developers and DBAs want: Time will tell. > > Killing it? > > Actually, I guess you mean "incorporating its functionality into that of > DB2 UDB". > But they're no longer talking about code merge. > So they didn't have to buy the company to do this. > Just a manual ... As Obnoxio points out, luring the employees for their knowledge is not entirely ethical. TTBOMK, IBM doesn't do that, but I wouldn't be privy to that even if they did. However, I think the bigger thing is that Informix may have had patents on some of that, and so this is one way to buy all the patents outright. If you've not heard, IBM is somewhat big on patents, so they're less likely to knowingly infringe on others' patents, especially when it's so cheap to buy them ;->