Re: Informix and Linux

Art S. Kagel wrote: > > SILICON VALLEY ONE (TM) wrote: > > > > It looks like the Linux team is on a solid evangelism plan > > to get the major vendors to deliver products for the platform. > > > > Last week, Oracle, Netscape, and Informix all announced server > > products for the platform. > > > > Also, Caldera and Red Hat "I think" announced last month that they > > were planning on merging to form a bigger company with more > > resources to accelerate the growth of Linux. > > > > One question, didn't Informix announce in 1997 that it was discontinuing > > support for Informix SE? Did I get this wrong, or did they change their > > product strategy? > > 1997? Wasn't that when the OTHER GUY ran the company. Discount > anything Informix has said that is more that 3 months old. Things are > just too much in flux as the new marketing group and new managers, like > Bob Finocchio, try to get a handle on handling this company. > > Art S. Kagel At the UK user group meetings we listen to marketing speak from Informix in which they do not mention SE. Several members then ask about SE and are always assured that it will continue to be sold. It is even developed, although the gap between Online and SE grows bigger all the time. Perhaps one day palmtop devices and SE will meet in the middle? -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 --- If all else fails, read the instructions. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/