Re: IIUG - Linux and Informix

On 1 May 1997, Carlton Doe wrote: > position that to seriously consider this port, Informix must have a more > traditional single vendor source and business relationship to collaborate with > throughout the development, testing and for on-going support needs...to name a > few. Based on the Informix's position on this issue, the IIUG will continue > to watch the changing landscape and your CDI dialogs. But for now, we will > focus our efforts within the Advocacy Program to subjects where we can have > an impact on Informix's plans in the near future. One interesting point to make here is that this wouldn't really rule out other Free Operating Systems such as FreeBSD. Locked code releases, one vendor, good (if informal) support lines, and I bet they'd be more than willing to help Informix with a port... -Richard