Re: Linux GLIBC version of Informix

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:39:30 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Joshua R. Poulson wrote: > > Mike Segel <mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com> writes: > > 2) Red Hat which supports Glibc holds something like 75% of Informix's > > targeted marketplace. > > I'm very interested in the source of this statistic. > > Most of the people I know run Debian, but that is easily a local > phenomenon. Do most of the people you know run RedHat or is there a > soruce of statistics on how many folks use which distributions? Red Hat has the largest installed base among businesses of any commercial distribution. That is a large part of the target market for Informix on Linux. The rest is hobbyists like us who may develop products to sell in the future and who will become programmers and managers familiar with Linux and Informix. Art S. Kagel