Re: Open Source?

From: The Great Sphinx <sphinx_101@my-deja.com> > >How many databases is the Informix Software (database operations) >company going to be looking after? SE, OnLine, IDS, XPS, Foundation, >RedBrick, Cloudscape(?), Universe, Unidata, ... > >If you were in charge, would you make any of these products available as >Open Source products? Which Ones? Why? Or Why Not? Would you try to >join the development team? Would you use the Open Source version >yourself? SE, OnLine 5, Cloudscape, Uni* and the appalling Redbrick should all go open source, IMHO. There isn't enough market demand for them to be supported by Informix (I might be wrong about Uni*), but they'd make wonderful additions to the Open Source community. I'd love to join a dev team, but quite honestly, I'm too dumb. As to using them, sure. :-) >And what is the Riddle of the Sphinx? I sphinx I nose. Am I right? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote... > From: The Great Sphinx <sphinx_101@my-deja.com> > > >And what is the Riddle of the Sphinx? > > I sphinx I nose. Am I right? What goes on four feet, on two feet, and three, But the more feet it goes on the weaker it be? Who first solved it, and what happened to the Sphinx and Thebes as a result? Matti