Re: Informix running on Linux

In article <5k2klt$idg@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, marcog@ctonline.it (Marco Greco) wrote: > ... > I will not repeat the good points that have been raised in the past days. > Instead, given that, among others, the purposes of the IIUG are > > - To give Informix users a collective voice to articulate issues they find > important, and > - To influence and advise Informix, > > I will ask the IIUG *to sit with Informix and get them to reconsider their > positions* both on pricing politics and linux ports. > All it takes is 10 brave cdi readers to back up my request (... oh, well, OK, > and one more to adequately word it... :-) > > Seriously, Informix, you need to turn again to developers. Let them > have the software at acceptable prices and on a widely available > OS. You *need* a wide developer base. *Who else is going to propose > your products to prospective customers?* >... This is one of the most fascinating threads I've followed - Informix/Linux ports, mass marketing DSA 7.x, merging database systems with OS, databases instead of file systems, etc. etc. I agree with almost everything mentioned and I don't seem to be able to add any significant comments. How about: Informix! If you port to Linux and lower prices, I promise to buy some of your stock. Cheers, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John H. Frantz Power-4gl: Extending Informix-4gl frantz@centrum.is http://www.strengur.is/~frantz/pow4gl.html -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet