Re: No future for DB2--er I mean Informix

Posted in 2005

Ian Wilson — Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:44:52 +0000 (UTC) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > Even if IBM ever did make SE "free", I can't see them GPLing it. Ever. > I can't work out why you say that ... IBM more or less did that with the Cloudscape DBMS they inherited from Informix. After all, like the GPL, the Apache Licence allows access to source code. Does SE actually contain more valuable and confidential trade secrets? Actually I'd be interested to know how people think SE compares to Cloudscape/Derby as a DBMS engine.