RE: IDS on a Mac?
Unfortunately not. Silly me, I seem to recall that Larry Ellison sits on Apples board. Or am I dating myself? ;-) A certain Apple exec once joked to me (again, many moons ago) that if there were a database port to Apple, it would probably be an Oracle port since Steve and Larry are such good friends. Having said that, there's this thing called "location based services". This is a very young industry and there's a lot of things that have been talked about, but if you get down to it, the logistics are a killer. (Meaning the concept looks good, but try to implement them and you're in a world of trouble.) I think that there's one DB that could work, and no, its not DB2 and no, its not Oracle. (I'll leave it to your imagination who's left.... ;-) ;-) -G >From: "Jean Georges Perrin" <jgp@jgp.net> >To: "'Fernando Nunes'" <spam@domus.online.pt>,<informix-list@iiug.org> >Subject: RE: IDS on a Mac? >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:44:43 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from perform.iiug.org ([216.177.38.211]) by >bay0-mc5-f1.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Wed, 17 >Oct 2007 22:45:11 -0700 >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by perform.iiug.org >(Postfix) with ESMTP id EB92EAD0B;Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:45:04 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from perform.iiug.org ([127.0.0.1])by localhost (perform.iiug.org >[127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)with ESMTP id vJYTizXqxTfM; Thu, 18 >Oct 2007 01:44:58 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by perform.iiug.org (Postfix, from userid 60001)id 4EE0DAD08; >Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:44:58 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from perform.iiug.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])by perform.iiug.org >(Postfix) with ESMTP id 536BCA473;Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:44:54 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by perform.iiug.org >(Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B06DA46Ffor <informix-list@iiug.org>; Thu, 18 Oct >2007 01:44:51 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from perform.iiug.org ([127.0.0.1])by localhost (perform.iiug.org >[127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)with ESMTP id giD5HDayjpiI for ><informix-list@iiug.org>;Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:44:50 -0400 (EDT) >Received: by perform.iiug.org (Postfix, from userid 60001)id 80865A6CC; >Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:44:50 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de >(moutng.kundenserver.de[212.227.126.188])by perform.iiug.org (Postfix) with >SMTP id 4AB0CA46Ffor <informix-list@iiug.org>; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:44:48 >-0400 (EDT) >Received: from taz (wsip-70-165-194-40.lv.lv.cox.net [70.165.194.40])by >mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu7) with ESMTP (Nemesis)id >0ML2xA-1IiOBa19d4-0001S3; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:44:47 +0200 >X-Message-Delivery: Vj0zLjQuMDt1cz0wO2k9MDtsPTA7YT0w >X-Message-Info: >ZLIeWzn802T2hmZ0PdUhe3+A+Ae9VErc3tDmTaQnjRxDklexmpfA/Bgu1LyubvPfKE8B0Ao3i5VYswHyXnotYQ== >X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iiug.org >X-Original-To: informix-list@iiug.org >Delivered-To: informix-list@iiug.org >X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iiug.org >X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 >References: ><mailman.245.1192668380.26742.informix-list@iiug.org><ff6c5c$hqf$1@aioe.org> >Organization: JGP.net >X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 >Thread-Index: AcgRJRaPWHwLHptQRX6p69NJ9NfB8wAJNd+Q >Content-Language: en-us >X-Provags-ID: >V01U2FsdGVkX18pYJ/28UAwhSXQ+hJVXlviRF1jhBGpoEebBIKoQkl3ciIPND20HvVdO97c3E2UhlGiQeyRl6sUNpjiZZMy34yud/XPxGI4tj7e9sQqmlkPdw== >X-BeenThere: informix-list@iiug.org >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 >Precedence: list >List-Id: "comp.databases.informix" <informix-list.iiug.org> >List-Unsubscribe: ><http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list>,<mailto:informix-list-request@iiug.org?subject=unsubscribe>; >List-Archive: <http://www.iiug.org/pipermail/informix-list>; >List-Post: <mailto:informix-list@iiug.org> >List-Help: <mailto:informix-list-request@iiug.org?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: ><http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list>,<mailto:informix-list-request@iiug.org?subject=subscribe>; >Errors-To: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org >Return-Path: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Oct 2007 05:45:11.0665 (UTC) >FILETIME=[0C98C610:01C8114A] > >Gumby's probably trahsed... specially as he works daily on O... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Fernando Nunes > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 18:18 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: IDS on a Mac? > > > > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > > > > This is interesting. > > > Politically speaking that is... > > > > > > Wonder when Oracle will announce their port, or has Larry stepped > > away > > > from the helm and is no longer buddy buddy with Steve. > > > > > > Or could it be due to location based services and the iPhone getting > > GPS? > > > > > > But hey! 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Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > Unfortunately not. > > Silly me, I seem to recall that Larry Ellison sits on Apples board. Or > am I dating myself? ;-) > > A certain Apple exec once joked to me (again, many moons ago) that if > there were a database port to Apple, it would probably be an Oracle port > since Steve and Larry are such good friends. Apple certified Panther, 10.3.6, for Oracle 10.1.0.3 but then failed to follow through with Tiger ending, for the second time, their fainted hearted move into the enterprise data center. There are rumors that the internal battles at Apple have led them to again make the move and that Oracle 11g will have support for the MacOS but there is nothing official. It would be great if Apple finally decided it wasn't just a consumer products company because they have some of the best servers around. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org
>From: DA Morgan <damorgan@psoug.org> > >Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > Unfortunately not. > > > > Silly me, I seem to recall that Larry Ellison sits on Apples board. Or > > am I dating myself? ;-) > > > > A certain Apple exec once joked to me (again, many moons ago) that if > > there were a database port to Apple, it would probably be an Oracle port > > since Steve and Larry are such good friends. > >Apple certified Panther, 10.3.6, for Oracle 10.1.0.3 but then failed to >follow through with Tiger ending, for the second time, their fainted >hearted move into the enterprise data center. There are rumors that the >internal battles at Apple have led them to again make the move and that >Oracle 11g will have support for the MacOS but there is nothing >official. > >It would be great if Apple finally decided it wasn't just a consumer >products company because they have some of the best servers around. Apple just a consumer products company? Hmmm. I could comment on that, but then I'll get shot. ;-) As I said, Oracle would have been ported first and its been there and done that. So one has to ask why an Informix port? ;-) Hint: There's a niche that Apple touches and that niche is Informix centric. It could be that the relationship between Apple and Oracle soured a bit because Oracle doesn't play in this niche or rather play well. Again sorry for being a bit cryptic. ;-) BTW, when will Oracle get their act together and do temp tables right? Anyone who's had to suffer through their bastardized "global" temp tables can appreciate that a *real* database allows users to create temp tables on the fly as part of their adhoc queries. _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Caf'. Stop by today! http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_OctHMtagline