From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 20 06:30:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA15617 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 06:30:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA15610 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 06:30:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (haldjas.folklore.ee [172.17.2.1] (may be forged)) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.8/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA04092; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 16:30:34 +0200 (EET) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 16:30:34 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: IBM DB2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > Hi, > > For those running Linux emulation and want to try IBM's DB2: > > http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/linux/ > > I just wondered since when these companies started to became charitable companies? > They do it so that WinNT pressure is lessened. Lets say you have asmall database site & system (built using the free IBM DB2) which at some point is so big linux can take it no more. Result - you by big IBM harware and DB2. And it is only Beta that is available free (so they can get the bug reports), nothings says the real thing will be. Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions. > --- > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Pax vobiscum... > asmodai(at)wxs.nl > Network/Security Specialist > BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message