Re: Open Source?

> >>It took Oracle releasing to get them to do a port to an Open Source OS > >Just to set the record straight: > >Actually, Informix released product on Linux about 6 months ahead of > >oracle, in July > >1998 at the Informix Worldwide User Conference in Seattle. > >Oracle pre-announced vapour-ware during the week before that-- presumably > >because they got wind of Informix's impending release of product. > > Then I stand corrected. I was on the informix-linux list, and I recall at > least KNOWING there was going to be an Oracle port before I knew with any > certainly that their would be an Informix port. But that's all water > under the bridge... This is a typical result of the Oracle marketing machine: smoke and mirrors, vaporware, we do it all, we're first to market, etc. It's why most CEOs seem to think that Oracle is the only answer. It never ceases to amaze me that every inane Oracle press release gets picked up by the trade rags. I'm hoping that the new regime at Informix will find some way to get the word out there! (Please, let's not open the "Informix marketing is bad" debate!!) ?Ron F. ________________________________________________________________________ Ron Flannery <mailto:rflanner@informixhandbook.com>, 248-887-8470x40 Lead author, Informix Handbook President, One Point Solutions "Your Complete Reference" "Informix & Web/Database solutions" http://www.informixhandbook.com http://www.one-point.com ________________________________________________________________________