Re: Running Informix on a Pentium based System

--- Thomas Parsli <thomas.parsli@startsiden.no> > wrote: >"Jerry Chimutanda" <jerry@compcentre.uz.ac.zw> writes: > >> We are considering switching from Access to Infomix, and my boss thinks >> Informix can not be run on a pentium based computer, preferring someting >> like a SUN box instead. >> >> Could I be enlightened here? > >Yes you could. > >Both SE and IIF.2000 (aka Dynamic Server 9.2) run on Linux. >Linux runs on more hardware than windows and it's free. >(Don't tell your boss it's free, suits usally gets bad vibes >and starts thinking about communism when they learn this) > >It's also more stable and faster, but your boss probably don't >care about that. > >I believe there's other intel-OSes you could use (SCO?), but >other will probably tell.. I believe SCO is dumping their UNIX. It's supposedly for sale and whoever purchases it gets the VAR network too. I suspect a Linux distro might buy it just for the VAR channel. >If Informix _did_ care, they'd list supported OS/hardware on their >pages -but they obviously don't. (-well I couldn't fint it...) > >Thomas == Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net