Re: Informix and Linux

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:59:53 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

SILICON VALLEY ONE (TM) wrote: > > It looks like the Linux team is on a solid evangelism plan > to get the major vendors to deliver products for the platform. > > Last week, Oracle, Netscape, and Informix all announced server > products for the platform. > > Also, Caldera and Red Hat "I think" announced last month that they > were planning on merging to form a bigger company with more > resources to accelerate the growth of Linux. > > One question, didn't Informix announce in 1997 that it was discontinuing > support for Informix SE? Did I get this wrong, or did they change their > product strategy? 1997? Wasn't that when the OTHER GUY ran the company. Discount anything Informix has said that is more that 3 months old. Things are just too much in flux as the new marketing group and new managers, like Bob Finocchio, try to get a handle on handling this company. Art S. Kagel