Re: Informix running on Linux

>Tim and Nils about NT or/and Linux ports: > >...lot snipped .. > >The point is *not* the quality of NT or how ... The point is the *danger* for Informix; <cynical and worst case on> :-) Microsoft will bundle NT 6.0 with complete ISP functions, Mail/Fax or whatever document exchange facilities, something like a database - initially written by company called "crybase" or so :-). This database will do nearly everything and replace the filesystem (like Explorer replaces Program Manager, Excel and Word). Included with base operating system ... No need for a bladed database from other people's. </worst case off> I see Microsoft eating up the broad range of software manufacturer commited to the MS/Windows world (or at least eating up their market share). Step by step. >However bad I, you or others might think NT is, it's still very >important from a marketing point of view. We should try to show >Informix that Linux is as well. It is, and mostly on it's own merits. Well, at the moment NT will bring in some revenues. And it's sexy to have products for MS plattforms. But if *worst case* come in, it was the wrong strategy having no port for Linux. -- Chris Drauch <cdr@xteam.co.at> ... just speaking for myself ...