PowerBuilder + Informix?

Posted in 1994

J Frison — 10 Aug 1994 21:34:05 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

philp@netcom.com asked: >Do applications generated with PowerBuilder require I-Net to >talk to Informix? I-Net for *each* end-user would be kind of >expensive... > >How about ODBC? Yes, you will need to provide I-Net or an ODBC equivalent. One must understand that PowerBuilder and their ilk are client tools that are a great way to build your user presentation but they do not provide anything beyond that. The 'free run-time' that they promise isn't really free. The database server connection has to be added by you. This means all the network S/W and H/W plus the remote Informix connectivity S/W. I believe the list price for I-Net is $195. Whether that is expensive or not depends on ones perspective. After spending $2000 per PC, $1000 per network drop for the LAN, $700 for various PC S/W, another $200 for I-Net doesn't seem so outrageous (and I left out the server and the labor to run it all).. -Jim Frison