Re: Informix for Linux Initiative

You two guys haven't left much for me to say, have you? :-) However, if Kent wants to give a shot at running Informix product under iBCS emulation, careful examination of my sig might be of help :-) Ciao, Marco _______________________________________________________________________________ Marco Greco, Catania, Italy marcog@linux.ctonline.it rem radioterapia +39 95 447828 fax 446558 Informix faq http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/informix.htm 4glworks http://www.ctonline.it/~marcog Informix on Linux http://www.ctonline.it/~marcog/ifmxlinux.htm Mike Segel wrote: } } Hi Kent, } Tim and I are a couple of the insane individuals who are trying to strongarm } informix into doing a port. (Lower case I is intentional. IFMX is too close to 4 } to deserve } an upper case I :-) } } Yet I digress. } Please feel free to contact me at Mikey (at) Segel (dot) Com and I'll be glad to } bring you up to speed. } } Tim did mention that there is this *new* survey out on } http://www.datad.com/linux_survey.html } that is pretty generic albiet it seems to have a RDBMS bent. So I strongly suggest } that } anyone who is interested in Linux should take the time to fill out Yet another } survey. } (Hey, it can't hurt right?) } } I am personally looking forward to '98 and I think we will prevail. } Rumors that I am going on a scouting mission to stalk Mike Saranga trying to get } blackmail } photos are greatly exagerated. :-) } } Sorry to be a bit tongue n cheek, but after a pot of Kenya AA, I feel *great*. } (And giving dad that 5 mg of Prednisone ?sp? takes a lot off my mind too!) } } -Cheers everyone! } Happy New Year! } } Uncle Mikey! } ===================================== } } Kent, McNall wrote: } } > Our company is a long-time Informix developer. We are extremely interested } > in the initiative to get Informix engines and tools ported to Linux. I have } > spoken with Informix executives (including Mr. Finocchio) and representatives } > on this subject. } > } > I would greatly appreciate any information you might have, either on the Linux } > initiative (contacts, etc.) and any information on getting current or older } > versions of Informix products to work on Linux. } > } > Please email me at kent@aproposretail.com } > } > Thank you. } > } > Kent McNall } > President } > Apropos Retail Management Systems Inc.