Interbase ports to Linux -- what about Informix ????
Posted in 1998
Topics: SQL Development & Query Writing, Platform-Specific Issues
Hi All, This story from C|Net's News.COM ==================== Begin Story =================================== InterBase joins Linux crusade By Mike Ricciuti Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM May 6, 1998, 11:55 a.m. PT URL: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21848,00.html Database maker InterBase Software is jumping on the Linux bandwagon. The company, a subsidiary of Inprise (formerly Borland International), said today it has posted to its Web site a free version of its InterBase 4.0 database server for the Linux operating system. <<Snip -- parts mentioning Linux etc>> IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP--IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP Sources said Informix had actually approved an internal plan to port its database software to Linux, but backed away after the company's financial situation worsened last year. Informix representatives would not comment on the Linux plan, except to say that the company will support operating systems based on customer demand. IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP--IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP -- IMP <<More snips>> ==================== Begin Story =================================== Okay, so now that Informix's shape is much better, what happens ????? Waiting for the miracle, Ravi.... -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading