Re: Linux and Informix

On 19 May 97 at 17:48, Brian Fahrlander wrote: > > > I called them up and got an answer that I think is BS. They > > > said > > >they'd support it, but that it would violate their ISO9000 > > >standard for which they worked so hard. > > > > Who was it who told you this? Did they give any specific > > references? > > I don't recall; it's been almost a month ago. It was some > sales-weenie. As has been pointed out so eloquently, there is no reason why a Linux port would violate their procedures, and if it did, those policies and procedures *can* be changed. If they couldn't, ISO9000 would mean casting your current business practices in concrete, with no hope of a change... -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Kuwait City Help fight crime in South Africa: http://www.robkaplan.org.za/