Re: Want to buy informix for SCO UNIX

On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 CRAIG@CHEMISTRY.CHEM.UTAH.EDU wrote: > Jason, > > Wish granted <sort of>... > > Informix has announced a scaled back version of OnLine to be known > as OnLine Workgroup Server. For $199 a user, it's a version of OnLine > which supports everything except for the very high-end features > (multiple processors, data replication among others). Your right, it is a step in the right direction, but my parents allways told me, that if I'm going buy something, make sure you get your money's worth. I don't really like the idea of purchasing a version of Informix that wasn't ment to be ran on the targeted OP-System. What happens if I need support? Informix won't help me even though I purchased their software! We all know that Informix isn't perfect and there is bugs in their engines... If i purchase Informix, it has to be for the targeted OP-System. > The problem is, of course, that Informix still won't port a version > to Linux. This is because, (as the story goes) Linux is an OS which > is unsupported by anyone. But, I've recently heard that some > commercial organization (sorry, I don't know who) will be offering > Linux support for a price. Personally, I'm not interested in such > a service, but perhaps it will be enough to convince Informix that > Linux deserves a port all its own! Linux is supported by a number of different companies, the biggest one that comes to mind is Caldera (email: info@caldera.com http://www.caldera.com) which is owned by former CEO (?) of Novell and CEO(?) of WordPerfect. They have a _VERY_ nice support package. If they want a list of people that support the Linux OP-System, they should get a copy of the Linux Journal. It is full of companies that will support it. Most of them are really good, they would more than likely fall over themselves to get Informix as a customer... But, Informix would never do something that smart! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jason Lambert Bass, Inc. CIX Software Analyst 2211 Arbor Blvd. (513) 293-3810 Dayton, Ohio jlambert@bassinc.com 45439 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=