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To: MJ who wrote (9586)	2/20/1998 9:03:00 AM
From: SemiBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14631

Matt, As an employee maybe you can shed some light as to why IFMX has utilized copyright protection over patents as a means for competitively securing their products. I realize this question may not be one you deal on a daily basis, but watching Microsoft's attempts at patent software left and right (all while criticizing it as the best form of protection) I've become curious. I have always counselled my employer-client to protect software by both patents and copyrights. Having said this, I do believe Oracle also follows the copyright path exclusively. Any insight is sincerely appreciated....SemiBull

To: MJ who wrote (9586)	2/20/1998 10:45:00 AM
From: Rob Cook	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

Sez U: ...In these situations Informix is unique in it's technology and performance... No, IBM does the important part of these, and does it better. I've used both and in the areas that seem to matter, IBM has a higher quality solution:better performance, easier to architect/build, and most importantly, higher quality (lack of bugs, etc.) for turnkey extensions. Their only problem in the way of wider acceptance - they're IBM... Cookie