We have been dealing with INFORMIX database technology since the ‘80s. In fact, early ‘80s. A few years before SoftProdukt was established and not long after 25-year-old entrepreneur Roger Sippl shook the market with his INFORMation on unIX. Being Computer Science students immersed in things UNIX, no wonder we eyed the newcomer DBMS with much hope. The disruptive company was still called Relational Database Systems, heavenly music to our ears! Soon, we had a chance to prove it worthy. We competed against mainframe heavyweights for a critical Telephone Directory Assistance system. No-one believed, we delivered. No books! Telephone operators loved…
