Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]
Date: 1998-07-21 05:36:19
Message-ID: 199807210536.BAA22533@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > browse: <http://www.msnbc.com/news/181503.asp>. Thanks
> > to Greg Smith <greg(at)zoot(dot)zzz(dot)iipo(dot)gtegs(dot)com> for forwarding.
>
> After shying away from the Linux platform for several months,
> Informix Corp. will do an about face at its international users
> conference in Seattle this week. Archrival Oracle Corp. is
> expected to put its stamp on approval on Linux this week as
> well, by announcing plans to do a Linux port of its Oracle
> database, according to sources.
>
> Ooh. We're getting some serious company. Wonder if they'll be able to
> catch up with Postgres :)

Ingres II is going to release on Linux too. So now we have Informix,
Oracle, and Ingres to compete with. Yikes.

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