Re: Informix running on Linux

ogj@tglobe3.tollpost.no ('yvind Gjerstad) writes: > > tks@netd.fastrans.net (Tom Schaefer) writes: > > > There is a big opportunity here for Informix if they did start > > supporting it ... even if they settled on a particular Linux > > distribution ... they could even make their own distribution and own > > the os AND the database ... they could tune the kernel which ever way > > they wanted cuz they'd have the source code for the os! > > If Informix are interested in volumes, they should certainly do a Linux port. > The OS is very stable and efficient, so I'm sure it would perform well. > > Commercial quality relational databases is something really missing in > the Linux community, so if the price is reasonable Informix could easily > sell lots of licences here. Or maybe they could just make it a unsupported > version like Netscape have done. Come on, Informix! Let's have a native Linux > port! The installed base is bigger than any other Unix vendor. While I'd be interested in a native Linux port, too (we do db developing with Informix under AIX), Empress is offering their database systems for Linux. Empress is (seems to?) steadily growing and might becoma a real competitor... Klaus -- ________________________________________________________________________ Klaus Lichtenwalder, Dipl. Inform., PGP Key: email to key@Four11.com Lichtenwalder@ACM.org, http://www.wp.com/Klaus, fax: +49-89-91072699 Need a (virtual) vacation? Go check: http://www.bavaria.com Unsolicited e-mail advertising and spam will not be tolerated