Re: IDS on a Mac?
Not a troubleshooting thread: a follow-up to an earlier question about whether IBM Informix Dynamic Server would ever run on Mac OS X. The answer given was that at IOD 2007 IBM announced a Mac port of IDS was in progress, targeted for the next point release of "Cheetah" the following year. The rest of the thread is opinion about why IBM would bother — suggestions included reaching a market where DB2 isn't present, and convenience for developers on MacBooks and university students — countered by the point that maintaining extra platform ports is costly and must be justified by revenue or strategy. No technical problem or fix is recorded.
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> Anything come of this? It was announced at IOD this week that a Mac port of IDS is in progress, targeted for the next point release of Cheetah expected next year. Regards Guy ----- Original Message ---- From: John Carlson <jwcarlson1@yahoo.com.invalid> To: informix-list@iiug.org Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:59:59 PM Subject: Re: IDS on a Mac? Zachi wrote: > On Mar 30, 8:36 am, "mark.scran...@gmail.com" > <mark.scran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think I posed this question about a year ago, but wanted to again to >> see what interest there is in a Mac version for IDS. Nope - haven't >> even tried to install it over Mac OS/X (which is Free BSD) although I >> would be curious of any stories out there. >> Anything come of this? JWC _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
"Guy ." <gbowerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:mailman.244.1192664490.26742.informix-list@iiug.org... > > Anything come of this? >> It was announced at IOD this week that a Mac port of IDS is in progress, >> targeted for the next point release of Cheetah expected next year. May I ask a heretical question? Why?
Captain Pedantic wrote: > "Guy ." <gbowerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.244.1192664490.26742.informix-list@iiug.org... > >>> Anything come of this? >>> It was announced at IOD this week that a Mac port of IDS is in progress, >>> targeted for the next point release of Cheetah expected next year. >>> > > May I ask a heretical question? > Why? > > Because it is a new market where DB2 has no presence, perhaps? :o? -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
Captain Pedantic wrote: > "Guy ." <gbowerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.244.1192664490.26742.informix-list@iiug.org... >>> Anything come of this? >>> It was announced at IOD this week that a Mac port of IDS is in progress, >>> targeted for the next point release of Cheetah expected next year. > > May I ask a heretical question? > Why? It would be useful to a developer with a MacBook laptop or similar so that he could develop away from his office. Also university students. It would be moderately useful to me. I'm not sure how big the market is for IDS on OSX server. I suppose the question could be "why not?" if it's doesn't take too much developer time to port across. Ben.
>From: Ben Thompson <ben@nomonitorsoftspam.com> > >It would be useful to a developer with a MacBook laptop or similar so >that he could develop away from his office. Also university students. It >would be moderately useful to me. I'm not sure how big the market is for >IDS on OSX server. > >I suppose the question could be "why not?" if it's doesn't take too much >developer time to port across. > >Ben. Its a good thing you're not running a for profit software organization. A lot of people don't appreciate the costs in maintaining multiple ports across multiple platforms. Unless you can show the revenue generation against the cost, or if its done for a strategic/marketing decision, you don't waste your money/time/effort on a non-viable port. We're not talking about a proof of concept port like the PS3/cell port, but a viable released,maintained port. If IBM is doing one, then there's a reason. And its going to have to make money or have the expectation of making money. _________________________________________________________________ Capture the missing critters!'' Play Search Queries and earn great prizes. http://club.live.com/search_queries.aspx?icid=sq_hotmailtextlink1_oct
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Its a good thing you're not running a for profit software organization. > > A lot of people don't appreciate the costs in maintaining multiple ports > across multiple platforms. > Unless you can show the revenue generation against the cost, or if its > done for a strategic/marketing decision, you don't waste your > money/time/effort on a non-viable port. > > We're not talking about a proof of concept port like the PS3/cell port, > but a viable released,maintained port. > > If IBM is doing one, then there's a reason. And its going to have to > make money or have the expectation of making money. You sound like my boss :) But I think you're right, it hasn't just been done for people to play around on laptops. Ben.