Just when you thought it couldn't get stranger....
Not a technical support thread but a news discussion: a poster linked to a report that IBM had invested in EnterpriseDB/PostgreSQL and joked about how many database products IBM now owns (DB2, U2, IDS, IMS, Cloudscape). Replies pointed to an InformationWeek piece speculating on IBM's motives (likely DB2's Oracle-compatibility features being cheaper to buy than build), mentioned Greenplum, and one poster praised PostgreSQL's open, multi-language stored-procedure interface versus Informix's closed approach. No technical problem or resolution is recorded — it's opinion and speculation only.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0378885.htm To cut to the chase.... IBM is now an investor in to Postgress. If Informix is the bastard step child what do you make of this? Just how many databases does IBM want? DB2? U2? IDS? IMS? Cloudscape? I'm losing count! LOL :-) -G _________________________________________________________________ How well do you know your celebrity gossip? http://originals.msn.com/thebigdebate?ocid=T002MSN03N0707A
Fascinating. InformationWeek has some speculations as to the why: http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206905496 -- Kevin Cherkauer Software Engineer IBM Informix Dynamic Server -- Database Kernel "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.781.1206476393.20610.informix-list@iiug.org... http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0378885.htm To cut to the chase.... IBM is now an investor in to Postgress. If Informix is the bastard step child what do you make of this? Just how many databases does IBM want? DB2? U2? IDS? IMS? Cloudscape? I'm losing count! LOL :-) -G How well do you know your celebrity gossip? Talk celebrity smackdowns here.
Well, a few new media companies are using EnterpriseDB in the form of GreenPlum.... Check out http://www.greenplum.com <-- yes, XPS revisted.... WTG IBM!!! Kevin Cherkauer wrote: > Fascinating. InformationWeek has some speculations as to the why: > > http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206905496 >
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0378885.htm > > To cut to the chase.... > > IBM is now an investor in to Postgress. > > If Informix is the bastard step child what do you make of this? > > Just how many databases does IBM want? DB2? U2? IDS? IMS? Cloudscape? > > I'm losing count! > > LOL :-) Less then IBM invested in second life... And if you want to take my word on it, it will be a better investment, although it will take a few versions of one specific product before this will be clear for the public... This of course is my personal opinion and has nothing to do to my employer positions. Regards -- Fernando Nunes Portugal http://informix-technology.blogspot.com My email works... but I don't check it frequently...
Wow. A stack of Open Source software... I guess one *could* speculate that IBM is going to dump SWG and replace its propriety stack with OpenSource and then just sell services. :-P All said tongue-n-cheek. :-) -G > From: invalid_address@nowhere.com> Subject: Re: Just when you thought it couldn't get stranger....> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:01:27 -0700> To: informix-list@iiug.org> > Fascinating. InformationWeek has some speculations as to the why:> > http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206905496>; > -- > Kevin Cherkauer> Software Engineer> IBM Informix Dynamic Server -- Database Kernel> > > "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.781.1206476393.20610.informix-list@iiug.org...> http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0378885.htm>; > To cut to the chase....> > IBM is now an investor in to Postgress.> > If Informix is the bastard step child what do you make of this?> > Just how many databases does IBM want? DB2? U2? IDS? IMS? Cloudscape?> > I'm losing count!> > LOL :-)> > -G> > > > > How well do you know your celebrity gossip? Talk celebrity smackdowns here. > > > _______________________________________________> Informix-list mailing list> Informix-list@iiug.org> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ How well do you know your celebrity gossip? http://originals.msn.com/thebigdebate?ocid=T002MSN03N0707A
Ian Michael Gumby ha escrito: > http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0378885.htm > > To cut to the chase.... > > IBM is now an investor in to Postgress. I was confused when I saw Postgress. It's PostgreSQL, not "Postgress". And that's cool :) For example, PostgreSQL already supports a hand of languages for writing SPL, and it is an open interface so you can write your own, as opposed to Informix, where everything is closed, even the features that would benefit from being open.
Kevin Cherkauer wrote: > Fascinating. InformationWeek has some speculations as to the why: > > http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206905496 Seems a reasonable explanation and perfectly in line with DB2's adoption of "compatibility features." My guess is that Serge's bosses found it easier, or less expensive, to buy it rather than build it. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)