One of the largest personal computer manufacturers in the world at least that is the way it likes to think of itself – has signed an OEM agreement with Informix Software Inc for the Unix and MS DOS versions of the Informix relational database and office automation software. Acer Inc, Taiwan, says it will develop Chinese versions of Informix for both operating environments. Chinese versions of Informix-SQL, Informix-ESQL/C and C-ISAM are currently available on Acer’s Unix-based systems and are planned to go over to the MS-DOS-based machines by the end of the fourth quarter 1988. Chinese versions of other Informix products are currently being converted. Acer says it will be providing worldwide marketing, sales and support for both English and Chinese versions, in 69 different countries. The Taiwanese firm now has operations in the US, the UK, West Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.
