Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 17:06:28 +0000 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> To: "Kent S. Gordon" <kgor@inetspace.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: fbsd & commerce (Re: Informix on FreeBSD (maybe)) Message-ID: <34A7D892.771A100E@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> References: <199712301413.IAA26005@soccer.inetspace.com>
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Kent S. Gordon wrote: > ????? "julian" == Julian Elischer ?julian@whistle.com? writes: > > ? 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" > > The International Informix User Group has a group trying to get > Informix ported to Linux for some time. I am not sure how far they > have gotten. They have a mailing list (linux-informix) at > majordomo@iiug.org. I think getting a informix running under Linux and > then using the Linux emulation is a much more feasable method of > getting a Informix to run under FreeBSD. > That's why Linux have better commerse success then FreeBSD. I think, for supporting commmerce users of FreeBSD, must exists firm, which sell commerce version of FreeBSD, which must be identical to free version, + some customization and preinstalled software and provide aggressive marketing of FreeBSD.
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