Noons wrote:
> Captain Pedantic wrote:
>
>>If only IBM already had a database product hugely respected in the UNIX
>>market, and in fact designed specifically *for* that market, eh?
>
>
> You know: from the above, to IBM buying MySQL and re-labeling
> it as "common code base DB2", there is only a very little step...
>
Informix Standard Engine **IS** the equivalent product to compete directly
with MySQL, but apparently nobody at Informix or IBM ever figured that one
out--despite the known clues, such as MyISAM tables, etc etc. I was told
personally by an Informix marketing exec that they "couldn't compete with
MySQL", despite at the time ( 1999-2000 ) Informix was going down in
flames. They opted to buy the racing team with their marketing budget, instead
of promoting any of their products. The racing team really helped get the
message across. Dumb fucks. Now it's too late, MySQL is the king in the
ISAM space, period, on Linux. But of course IBM is more interested in
the Java space, thusly this is why Cloudscape is given so much attention
despite the fact that there are hardly any Java applications outside
corporate environments, or installation programs. :-) When MySQL becomes
enough of a threat IBM might pull its head out and rethink SE as an open
source alternative to MySQL. But then again I doubt that will happen.
Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 21:19:19 CDT
