On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:06:16 +0100, Obnoxio The Clown
<obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote:

>John Carlson wrote:
>
>> While perusing other newsgroups, I happened upon this interesting bit
>> of information . . . .
>>
>> -------------------
>> Robustness of pl/pgSQL, pl/PHP, pl/JAVA, pl/TCL, pl/PYTHON ? your
>> choice !
>> PostgreSQL has triggers, SP,...
>>
>>> BTW, what platforms do postGre SQL and Informix port to? Isnt informix
>>> dead? IBM bought it and are shutting it down right?
>>
>> yes, there will be 9.50 and 9.60 and then Informix ends.
>>
>> (sig not included)
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>>
>> This individual also mentioned something along the same lines in c.d.i
>> a while back as well. Since I haven't heard anything official from
>> IBM, I'm guessing that this is just a bit of FUD. Can anyone clarify
>> this information?
>
>Hell, when Informix ran Informix no-one had visibility of whether there were
>even 2 releases into the future. )
>
>Clearly just someone who hasn't worked out that the arrow means "it
>continues in this direction..."

. . . which makes sense . . . too much sense.