From: | nospam(at)nospam(dot)nospam (Steve Jorgensen) |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: IBM to buy Informix |
Date: | 2001-04-24 23:59:14 |
Message-ID: | 3ae6132b.436137803@news.onemain.com |
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Probably to rip out some really good guts that it does have and put
them into DB2.
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:32:33 +0000 (UTC), jks(at)selectacast(dot)net (Joseph
Shraibman) wrote:
>Martn Marqus 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.lthd
>>
>> 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
>Increase signal to noise ratio. http://www.targabot.com
>
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