[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Gregory S. Williamson") writes: > b) Informix is now part of IBM and is likely to be replaced by DB2 > over the next few years ... any bets on whether parts of Informix / > Illustra / etc. migrate into some variant of open source ?
It's pretty clear that IBM bought out Informix in order to get the customers and to try move them over to DB2. "Open sourcing" Informix would undermine that effort, so I wouldn't expect to see it happen any time soon. -- (reverse (concatenate 'string "moc.enworbbc" "@" "enworbbc")) http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/x.html Don't panic. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster