Re: Informix 5.0.UD1 on Solaris 2.1

In article <C6Mq2x.5Fy@cwi.com> tony@cwi.com (Tony Chang ) writes: >In my original posting, I unintentionally said that the >suggested workaround was to eliminate the use of NIS. >The actual workaround suggested was to not use the NIS >services for INFORMIX applications. That is, the NIS >can still be active while INFORMIX is running, just >that INFORMIX can not use any NIS services. > >>> Well, we evaluated Informix, it would have been a great >>> product, if it works, but it does not and Informix will not >>> fix it soon unless we pay first? >> >>No, I'd guess the point is that by the time they could build and completely >>test a new port, your eval period would likely be over anyway. Nobody's >>questioning that it's a serious problem, but given the simple workaround >>(for a small development / eval situation such as yours), I wouldn't think >>that an escalation would be warranted. Any maintenance port for 5.00 would >>just delay the 5.01 port for that same platform by several weeks; I'd say >>having 5.01 available first would be better for everyone. > >I am not sure if I get a sense of what you really mean. You >indicated that the policy is not for real, then you went on >to defend the policy. Where did I indicate that the policy was not for real? I confirmed that the policy was for real (to my knowledge), and I gave a couple of examples why. Given that you've been able to work around the problem, how does this prevent you from continuing your evaluation? >I am further confused about how in the >world did you figure out the company I work for is a small >one. I sure did not mention it in the mail. I didn't figure that out, nor is that fact material to this discussion. My point is that, as a development eval, your likely purpose is to prove concept; you're not rolling out something for a hundred sites or a thousand users with an eval copy (or you're in trouble [-:). "Small business is the biggest business going", as they say. Returning to my original point: Wouldn't you prefer that, assuming you do buy the product and go to rollout in six months or whatever, 5.01 be available (including this fix) rather than having a 5.00.UDblah with just a few fixes? >Tony Chang email: tony@cwi.com or uunet!cwi!tony >CaseWare, Inc. phone: (714) 453-2200 ext. 241 -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "I'd quit my job, if I had one and I'd leave my wife, if she hadn't already gone..." -- Trout Fishing in America