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AC wrote in to say, "It seems that Informix are considering a port to FreeBSD. Cindy Munns at Informix has written to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc asking for people interested in a port to e-mail her with your name, your company, the number of users, and so on." I've seen this message, but it doesn't seem to have hit Deja yet. However, I've tracked down a variant from Cindy in comp.databases.informix. Informix for Linux already works under FreeBSD's Linux ABI, but it's great that they're considering a native version. And remember, there's no point mailing them if you're not genuinely interested...

Informix is stepping up its Linux support with a ports of Dynamic Server (expected to ship by the first quarter of next year) and the Dynamic 4GL toolset (to ship within days). Plans are also being made to bring Universal Server to Linux. This turnaround in Informix' strategy is due to the realization that deep-pocketed corporate customers also use linux.

Informix has officially embraced Linux. As of today, anyone who registers with Informix may use development versions of Informix-SE, ESQL/C, and other tools at no cost as part of a special development kit for Linux. You can register and find more information here. Right now, the software only supports Caldera and S.u.S.E, but a Red Hat version is coming soon. Anyone care to guess which database vendor will join the race next - Informix had some very nice things to say about Linux? Thanks go to Laura Kenner and Chip Dehnert for this one.

Informix has officially embraced Linux. As of today, anyone who registers with Informix may use development versions of Informix-SE, ESQL/C, and other tools at no cost as part of a special development kit for Linux. You can register and find more information here. Right now, the software only supports Caldera and S.u.S.E, but a Red Hat version is coming soon. Anyone care to guess which database vendor will join the race next - Informix had some very nice things to say about Linux? Thanks go to Laura Kenner and Chip Dehnert for this one.

Chris Tyler writes "The long-awaited Informix-on-Linux announcement still has not arrived, but the schedule for the upcoming Informix User Conference includes a session in the Product News track entitled "Informix Goes Linux". The PDF version of the schedule is at here "