SearchEnterpriseLinux: Open Source Ingres' Salvation, Says Founder

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"Are you pleased with Computer Associates' management of Ingres?

"Stonebraker: Ingres was a very alive and competitive product in 1989 [but] over the last decade under CA's tutelage [of Ingres] looks like benign neglect to me. Now, you have a system that has had no development for a decade [but] CA has to do something to get back into the game. I view the open sourcing of Ingres as a very good sign that [this] benign neglect may be ending and [CA is] going to try to do something with the product--which would be great..."

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