> And immediately Thomas posts this, I get an email from ZDNet with the
> following...
>
> <<I was just wondering whether you have any comment on CA selling Ingres,

only a year after it released it as an open source

> database?
>

http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20051107/NYM18107112005-1.html

> Why do you think CA originally open-sourced Ingres? Why do you think it

has changed its plan?

> My deadline is 2pm today.>>
>
> So what do we want to say?

Entirely my opinion of course ... but ...

I don't think Ingres and OpenSource were a success at all. Now
that CA is selling it, it probably shows that the whole "open sourcing"
of Ingres was a way to cut down costs AND keep the customers
"happy" in some way...

Reminds me a bit of Borland :-)

--
Martijn