Re: IDS for Solaris x86

> Having last week claimed I can get almost any IBM software I need I now > find I can't ;-) > > Does anyone know where I can get hold of IDS (7, 9 or 10) for Solaris > *Intel*? > > I can't find any 9 or 10 on Passport Advantage: I'm sure there is 7 but > none of my PPA customers has entitlements to 7 any more. > > thanks > Neil > I contacted our IBM rep about this recently and the response was that the x86 port was dropped a few years ago because of Sun's wavering on the Solaris x86 port. Makes sense to me but I hope IBM reconsiders that position in light of Sun's AMD-based product line. Solaris + IDS + x86 = solid inexpensive solution :) --Ben

"Ben" <ben_informix@comcast.net> wrote in message news:mailman.556.1139858980.740.informix-list@iiug.org... > > >> Having last week claimed I can get almost any IBM software I need I now >> find I can't ;-) >> >> Does anyone know where I can get hold of IDS (7, 9 or 10) for Solaris >> *Intel*? >> >> I can't find any 9 or 10 on Passport Advantage: I'm sure there is 7 but >> none of my PPA customers has entitlements to 7 any more. >> >> thanks >> Neil >> > > > I contacted our IBM rep about this recently and the response was that the > x86 port was dropped a few years ago because of Sun's wavering on the > Solaris x86 port. Makes sense to me but I hope IBM reconsiders that > position in light of Sun's AMD-based product line. Solaris + IDS + x86 = > solid inexpensive solution :) I had this reply from Fred Ho, Technical Product Manager , IDS Development "Mr. Truby, As you thought, IDS 7 is available for Solaris x86 (32-bits), but not available on the other later versions. Reason has to do with long protracted negotiations with Sun on corporate level licensing of Java and other things .... However, the latest news is that we will indeed start work on such a port with Sun provided hardware. This would be on x86_64 (i.e. Opteron/EM64T). I don't have a delivery date as yet, but do stay tuned for that."