Re: So, do you want to buy db2?

Posted in 2008

Chris Salch — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:05:43 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Thanks one and all. I've received more responses to this than I had hoped for ;) Glad to see somebody is out there ;) On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 14:17 -0500, Chris Salch wrote: > What is the best way to get a quote for an Informix license? > > I've called IBM and they've now handed me off to a second subject matter > expert. All I'm looking for a is a quote on what it would cost to get > an Informix 10/11 Enterprise instance on a Linux box ( Vmware or 2 cpu > dual core ). > > Thoughts anyone? > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > Chris Salch > Programmer/Analyst > LeTourneau University > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > -- -------------------------------------------- Chris Salch Programmer/Analyst LeTourneau University

↪ replying to Chris Salch

Neil Truby — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:00:17 -0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Chris Salch" <ChrisSalch@letu.edu> wrote in message news:mailman.652.1205273151.20610.informix-list@iiug.org... > Thanks one and all. I've received more responses to this than I had > hoped for ;) > > Glad to see somebody is out there ;) > >> I've called IBM and they've now handed me off to a second subject matter >> expert. All I'm looking for a is a quote on what it would cost to get >> an Informix 10/11 Enterprise instance on a Linux box ( Vmware or 2 cpu >> dual core ). Also, the answer is perhaps going to be quite complex, so you would be beter off speaking to a specialist Informix Business Partner. For example why is the word "Enterprise" in your original question? Do you mean you want to use Enterprise replication (ER)? Also, the licensing rules for virtual machines is not always straightforward.