RE: IBM to buy Informix

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For their customers. They actually have quite a few, even though
it's a 'crappy product'. And Informix do objects (I believe), so
they may have some interesting ideas in their code (in the bowels of
the engine, if not in the user tools ;-)

MikeA

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Shraibman [mailto:jks(at)selectacast(dot)net]
>> Sent: 25 April 2001 00:29
>> To: PostgreSQL-general
>> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] IBM to buy Informix
>>
>>
>> Martín Marqués wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mar 24 Abr 2001 18:04, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > > IBM to buy Informix:
>> > >
>> > >
>> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5705678.html?tag=st.it.9500.lt
>> hd
>> >
>> > The rumour was there about a month ago. The problem was
>> that the people of
>> > Informix didn't know how to sell there product, so Oracle
>> and Micro$oft were
>> > all over them.
>> > Looks like the romour was right! :-)
>>
>> They couldn't sell it because it was a crappy product. I
>> have no idea
>> why IBM would be willing to plunk down a bil for Informix.
>>
>> --
>> Joseph Shraibman
>> jks(at)selectacast(dot)net
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