IDS 7.30 Linux ed. - Unpleasant surprise
Hi! I planned to use IDS 7.30 Linux ed. with HDR. But after unsuccessful try to install it I discovered in release notes that replications in IDS 7.30 Linux ed. are not supported at all. (oh, yes for $99 can I expect HDR!?) Any idea when (and if at all) will be replications supported on Linux ed.? Damijan
On Fri, 28 May 1999 10:43:46 +0200, Damijan Sencar <dsencar@animus.mf.uni-lj.si> wrote: >I planned to use IDS 7.30 Linux ed. with HDR. But after unsuccessful try >to install it I discovered in release notes that >replications in IDS 7.30 Linux ed. are not supported at all. (oh, yes >for $99 can I expect HDR!?) > >Any idea when (and if at all) will be replications supported on Linux >ed.? At their Partner Conference when they announced the Linux port, I asked this question and was told that they do not consider Linux to be a mission-critical platform, so they trimmed out all those "features" they consider to be needed for mission-critical deployment. This includes replication, IECC support, OnBar/ISM, and a few other odds & ends. Dave
David Kosenko wrote: > On Fri, 28 May 1999 10:43:46 +0200, Damijan Sencar > <dsencar@animus.mf.uni-lj.si> wrote: > >I planned to use IDS 7.30 Linux ed. with HDR. But after unsuccessful try > >to install it I discovered in release notes that > >replications in IDS 7.30 Linux ed. are not supported at all. (oh, yes > >for $99 can I expect HDR!?) > > > >Any idea when (and if at all) will be replications supported on Linux > >ed.? > > At their Partner Conference when they announced the Linux port, I > asked this question and was told that they do not consider Linux to be > a mission-critical platform, so they trimmed out all those "features" > they consider to be needed for mission-critical deployment. This > includes replication, IECC support, OnBar/ISM, and a few other odds & > ends. > > Dave They could at least change the name IDS to something else. I think that Informix server whitout 'all those "features"' simply isn't IDS any more. IDS name is IMHO just to misleading. I will read release notes next time much more carefully. Damijan
Damijan Sencar wrote: > David Kosenko wrote: > > Damijan Sencar <dsencar@animus.mf.uni-lj.si> wrote: > > >I planned to use IDS 7.30 Linux ed. with HDR. But after > > >unsuccessful try to install it I discovered in release notes > > >that replications in IDS 7.30 Linux ed. are not supported at > > >all. (oh, yes for $99 can I expect HDR!?) > > > > > >Any idea when (and if at all) will be replications supported > > >on Linux ed.? > > > > At their Partner Conference when they announced the Linux port, I > > asked this question and was told that they do not consider Linux > > to be a mission-critical platform, so they trimmed out all those > > "features" they consider to be needed for mission-critical > > deployment. This includes replication, IECC support, OnBar/ISM, > > and a few other odds & ends. > > They could at least change the name IDS to something else. I think > that Informix server whitout 'all those "features"' simply isn't > IDS any more. IDS name is IMHO just to misleading. This is why it is called IDS Linux Edition Suite, not IDS. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>
In article <374FDAB7.9B142F8F@animus.mf.uni-lj.si>, Damijan Sencar <dsencar@animus.mf.uni-lj.si> wrote: >David Kosenko wrote: >> (excluded are) replication, IECC support, OnBar/ISM, and a few other odds & >> ends. > >They could at least change the name IDS to something else. I think that >Informix server whitout 'all those "features"' simply isn't IDS any more. >IDS name is IMHO just to misleading. That's why it's called IDS *Linux Edition* as part of the product title. (There's really no other name to use for a current OnLine release that does not have Universal Server extensions other than IDS).