Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!clarkson!ub!canisius!pavlov From: pavlov@canisius.UUCP (Greg Pavlov) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Ingres acquisition by ASK Computers Keywords: ASK Ingres acquisition Message-ID: <2890@canisius.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 90 06:22:53 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208 Lines: 18 > In article > hargrove@bee.corp.sgi.com (Mark Hargrove) writes: > >I'm a bit surprised to see several days without a peep in this >group about the recent, rather surprising, acquisition of Ingres >by ASK Computers..... >Is this the beginning of the end of Ingres as a major database player? > Based on our experiences with INGRES 6 - and the response/support INGRES has been giving us this past year - we would have to say that the company demoted itself to the minors some time ago.... (no smiley face here). Speaking of which: has anyone out tried the INGRES-based db software bundled in with ULTRIX 4.0, on DEC's RISC-based systems yet ? Is it any more reliable (let me rephrase that: is it reliable, period) as compared to INGRES release 6.2 on that platform ? We can't get a crash-free version out of INGRES itself. greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny