Re: Informix running on Linux

Klaus Lichtenwalder (klaus@gaston.m.isar.de) wrote: :{ ogj@tglobe3.tollpost.no ('yvind Gjerstad) writes: :{ > :{ > tks@netd.fastrans.net (Tom Schaefer) writes: :{ > :{ > > There is a big opportunity here for Informix if they did start :{ > > supporting it ... even if they settled on a particular Linux :{ > > distribution ... they could even make their own distribution and own :{ > > the os AND the database ... they could tune the kernel which ever way :{ > > they wanted cuz they'd have the source code for the os! :{ > :{ > If Informix are interested in volumes, they should certainly do a Linux port. :{ > The OS is very stable and efficient, so I'm sure it would perform well. :{ > :{ > Commercial quality relational databases is something really missing in :{ > the Linux community, so if the price is reasonable Informix could easily :{ > sell lots of licences here. Or maybe they could just make it a unsupported :{ > version like Netscape have done. Come on, Informix! Let's have a native Linux :{ > port! The installed base is bigger than any other Unix vendor. Not sure where he got those numbers but whatever.... :{ While I'd be interested in a native Linux port, too (we do db :{ developing with Informix under AIX), Empress is offering their :{ database systems for Linux. Empress is (seems to?) steadily growing :{ and might becoma a real competitor... Empress will have to work very hard over the next several years to get close to where Informix is today. But it'd be cool if they kept trying. They'd have a better chance at knocking Oracle down a notch or two. -- gburnore@databasix.com mailto:gburnore@DataBasix.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | DataBasix | 150 Haight Street Suite 507 | (Blank) San Francisco, CA 94102 | http://www.DataBasix.com | ======================================================================