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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Informix wants to compete with Firebird

IBM on Friday started selling a version of Informix for the small and medium-size business market. This "Informix Express" runs only on 32-bit Linux or Windows systems with a maximum configuration of two CPUs. The price for a typical 40-user scenario is $5,000 per annum, the same as Oracle SE1 and MySQL. How they expect to compete with Firebird, which is at least as capable and reliable, runs on any H/W, and is free in every sense of the word remains the big question.

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