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To: Kiriakos Georgiou who wrote (3894)	12/29/1999 8:28:00 PM
From: Tom C	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Personally I would sell the damn thing and get on with the core of the business ... My impression is that they have been trying to do just that for a while. I may be wrong but I thought Del moved IB into a separate subsidiary company a while back. Regards Tom

To: Kiriakos Georgiou who wrote (3894)	12/29/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5102

That's all nice, but you overestimate the power of the internet user community when it comes to complex projects like a modern RDBMS. So, a RDBMS is a more complex product than, say, Linux? I don't think I agree with this premise...

To: Kiriakos Georgiou who wrote (3894)	12/29/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

RE: complex projects like a modern RDBMS As IB is fully operational, it is not unreasonable to expect interested parties to use and modify it. Especially if INPR does not charge runtime royalties. I expect that there would be a pool of developers who would add features and fix bugs. A few small companies could also offer enhanced db based on IB. The development costs would be very small. By freezing internal development, and open sourcing it, INPR can get out of the business with the appearance of being forward looking as opposed to a failure (i.e. Open Source is a radical concept), and IB users do not feel as if they have been totally abandoned. Also, if there is sufficient market interest, the db will get developer attention.