On Sun March 19 2006 9:14 am, Jim Cornette wrote: > Myth User wrote: > > BTW Informix is owned by IBM if there was ever source for this out there > > I never saw it. IBM is not in the habit of giving stuff away. > > IBM DOS - MS DOS - (someone ran off with the OS system) > It sounds like IBM does subcontract and give stuff away. http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/ http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/ http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2860394,00.html http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ibmpl.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17842-2004Sep13.html While one could quibble details about each of the above links in relation to Myth User's statement, the gestalt is fairly clear - IBM is very much in the newly acquired habit of giving stuff away.... -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
