Re: Informix and Macintoshes

Greetings I'm always pleased to see a posting about the Mac. Even more rewarding, I've got a good answer to the request. If you've seen ViewPoint on Windows, I suggest you talk to your local Informix people about the prospect of seeing this on the Mac. I understand that there may well be something available RSN. Regards Adam johnb@amgen.com (John Brown) writes: >>Russll Day (sassoc@jolt.mpx.com.au) wrote: >>: I have a customer who is blessed with an office full of macs and wants to >>: be able to run ad-hoc queries and canned reports from them. They seem to >>: be having trouble finding something to their taste. >> >>My previous company was using a windows ad-hoc user report writer called >>Business Objects. They paid a bunch of Andersen Consultants a ton of >>money to come up with a choice. From wot I've seen of it & heard >>from some of the other guys in the company it suited our needs fine. >> >>I now believe that Business Objects is available on the Mac platform also. >> >>Cheers, >>Mike >> >Business Objects is available on the Mac, but not for access to >Informix databases. We use Business Objects from the Macintosh to >access Oracle databases, and are very happy with it, but we would >really like to be able to use it to access our Informix databases. >The orginal reason Business Objects (the company) gave for the >inability to access Informix was the lack of I-Net for the Mac. Now >that I-Net is available they say (and I can believe it) that there is >not enough demand to make business sense to provide the port. Maybe if >Russel Day's client has enough Macs he could persuade Business Objects >to take the plunge. >John >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >John Brown (Software Support Manager) Amgen Ltd >Email: johnb@amgen.com Cambridge UK >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Any opinions stated here are not neccesarily those of my employer -- # Adam Green, Federal Office, Canberra # Product Manager - Australia # Ph. + 61 6 273 1200 Fax + 61 6 273 1220 eMail adamg@informix.com