Re: Major crackdown on Informix products/ports ?

>So now they want to concentrate on dataware housing, where there are >proven products other than that of Oracle's. Like those from Arbour >software, Redbrick systems etc, who are totally focused on dataware >housing. > >Does this mean the new CEO will even abandon porting to Mid and low >end Unix servers ? and not even think about a port to Linux ( leaving >that big Linux lobby in tears ). What happened to those attractive >estimates made by the Linux lobby showing ( big volume with small >profit) big >profit !!! > > Or is it like shooting the horse just because >you don't know how to ride ? > >-- >Have a nice day > >Felix K. Mathews >mailto:fmathews@systems.dhl.com We are currently emphasising the NT and are working on the release of a "personal edition" version of the engine. Both of these are targeting for small-end environments. While I can't speak for Bob, what I think he was trying to emphasize is that there has been some neglect to the XPS environments and performance issues in the past year with the IUS push. We are trying to address those issues. For instance, bench mark tests on 7.3 do indicate that there is a significant performance boost over 7.2. Madison Pruet