From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 6 02:09:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA25075 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 02:09:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from core.acroal.com (firewall0.acroal.com [209.24.61.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA25065 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 02:09:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@core.acroal.com) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by core.acroal.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA01407; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 02:09:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@core.acroal.com) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 02:09:29 -0800 (PST) From: FreeBSD Hacker To: Julian Elischer cc: Jim Bryant , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Informix on FreeBSD (maybe) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Well, give us some numbers then. $$$ On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Julian Elischer wrote: > Ok let;s put it another way.. > I was trying to guage how much af a market there would be for a freeBSD > binary of informix's new OODB. > Most of the work of geting it ported would have to be done in a FBSD > skunkworks as I really doubt thare is enough of a market for a full-on > port. (such as Oracle have). > > >From the non-responce I received, it would seem that Informix woul dnot > be able to make a case for a freeBSD port of any kind, no matter how they > tried to lower the cost. > > julian > > > > On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Jim Bryant wrote: > > > In reply: > > > I've been talking to an Informix-type, who when asked if there > > > could be an informix portt to FreeBSD said.. > > > "maybe" "anything for a buck" > > > > > > is there actually anyone outnthere who would pay a regular > > > informix price for a FreeBSD runnable Informix (IUS) > > > > yes. > > > > > with a downgraded "We understand that this is not a fully > > > supported product" type of agreement? > > > > no. > > > > question: unsupported by informix, or unsupported by FreeBSD, Inc.? > > > > If I pay FULL PRICE for Informix, I EXPECT FULL SUPPORT from Informix. > > > > jim > > -- > > All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, > > think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or > > radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw > > voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ > > > >