Re: What if XPS (or IDS) goes open source...?
A short, joking exchange following a post about what would happen if XPS or IDS went open source. Mark Townsend compared reminiscing about it to the Titanic's last meal; Obnoxio The Clown and others traded quips about Informix and Oracle customers. No technical content or conclusion.
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>> I remember Oracle frantically announcing that they would port to Linux >> the day before the opening day of the Informix User Conference in 98 >> - the next day a thousand CDs with SE 7.24 for Caldera and Suse were >> being freely distributed >> >> Ah! Those where the days... Wow. Sort of like the survivors reminiscing about the meal served on April 14th on the Titanic.
Mark Townsend said: > >>> I remember Oracle frantically announcing that they would port to Linux >>> the day before the opening day of the Informix User Conference in 98 >>> - the next day a thousand CDs with SE 7.24 for Caldera and Suse were >>> being freely distributed >>> >>> Ah! Those where the days... > > Wow. Sort of like the survivors reminiscing about the meal served on > April 14th on the Titanic. Not getting laid again, Mark? -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
>> Wow. Sort of like the survivors reminiscing about the meal served on >> April 14th on the Titanic. > > Not getting laid again, Mark? > Compared to the screwing Informix customers are getting, no.
Mark Townsend said: > >>> Wow. Sort of like the survivors reminiscing about the meal served on >>> April 14th on the Titanic. >> >> Not getting laid again, Mark? > > Compared to the screwing Informix customers are getting, no. Yes, of course, and that's something Oracle customers are entirely unfamiliar with, isn't it? :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
> Not getting laid again, Mark? "again" ??!!