This very low-key news item announced a revolution in database technology, way back in March 1994:

Informix Software Inc is now shipping OnLine Dynamic Server 7.0, the second phase of its parallel dynamic scalable architecture software. It now includes the parallel data query system developed with Sequent Computer Systems Inc and will be out only on Sequent boxes for the first six months. A minimum five-user licence is from $7,500.

After a 15-year roller-coaster ride for Informix, during which time there was no doubt of its technical leadership and innovation, IDS 7 is finally being placed in the longboat on a funeral pyre. But let's not mourn too much, because IDS11 continues to lead with innovative technology. And we still love it just as much!