Linux World Domination!

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Sun Jul 26 17:59:41 1998

Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> >>Linux world domination continues! Oracle just announced it will be making
> >>versions of its products for Linux. Informix is already shipping Linux
> >>versions of their database products too!
> >
> > Uhhh... Sam? Old news. I saw that a week ago on www.news.com. ;-)
>
> Oracle was the final piece in the Puzzle, mainly they were forced into it.
> I think it was Ingres that started this (might have been Informix). Once
> one announced a Linux port, the others had to follow, within 2 weeks all
> three had announced Linux ports.

Ingress was the first. Now, am I mistaken, or has Sybase been awfully
quiet on this issue?

> On a simular note, Corel is porting their office suite, including Corel
> Draw to Linux, and a lot of people are expecting Adobe to respond (I really
> hope they do).

Not too surprising, since WordPerfect has been on Unix/Linux for some
time.

<<<john>>>
Received on Sun Jul 26 1998 - 17:59:41 BST