> And immediately Thomas posts this, I get an email from ZDNet with the
> following...

Yeah, I was faster this time. ;-)

> <<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/NYM181
> 07112005-1.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?

Perhaps a similar situation with InterBase and Borland (you know that part
better *g*), but:

- Without a loyal community of (Delphi) users/developers
- Without a small group who took the source code and initiated a completely
new project
- Without the possibility to let outsiders work on the source code
- ...

Ehm, what else?

Firebird - Free like a bird

;-)


Cheers,
Thomas