[ Thanks to Amy
Kucharik for this link. ]
“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…”