Re: Informix running on Linux
Nils Myklebust wrote: > > This is interesting enough that Informix as well as all you others > should know about it. The article mentioned is in German, so there may > be a few who can't read it :-). > Me being one. :-( > I will hereby urge the IIUG to bring this to the attention of the > right people at Informix in the US. The day they grasp what is > happening under their feet they may also want to be a part of it. > Yes! > Here are some highlights: > > Company: Sixt/Budget Car rental company - yes the big one well known > in the US. > > Installation: Changed from IBM compatible mainfraim to all Unix some > time ago (a few years). Running a sentral server with 600 users on an > Siemens Nixdorf RM600 Unix server (same as some Pyramid model in the > US) using Informix OnLine. > > Local offices: 250 spread over all of Germany. Each have a Linux > server (486 100MHz to Pentium 133 MHz) running Informix SE (the non > supported SCO version) and application written in Microfocus Cobol. > > Network: All local servers are networked to the sentral site with the > Linux machines acting as routers using ISDN mainly. > > Application: They do all their bussiness on this setup - car rental > reservations. > > Mission critical? Anybody can judge. > > There are many other interesting aspects to this discussed in the > interview, but I think I would have a copyright problem if I quoted > much more. > > In a sense this sounds incredible at first reading. When you read the > well reasoned background for why they have done it and how, you > understand the self evident bussiness logic behind this. > > Everything has been evaluated, Sun/HP and similar, SCO, Windows NT. > Nothing could come close to achieveing what they have achieved. > > A dessision made by technicians? No. Some input yes, but made by an > informed board of directors. > > Do you grasp the implications of this Informix? > You are in on just this deal, but do you want to be in this market in > a serious way? > > If a corporation like this is running their bussiness on your > databases on Linux how can you possibly not come out with an official > version? > > As more and more information is becoming available I start to > understand that Informix actually will port to Linux. It's just a > question of time. If those who are currently responsible for the > decision aren't able to take it reasonably fast, they will have to be > overridden by more powerfull forces. It's more than likely they will > be. I wouldn't want to be in their shoes. > Either by the market or otherwise. > Munzel-Dankschart <munzel@iponet.es> wrote: > > :The German Car-Rental_Company Sixt run multiuser Linux System in their > :shops, based on ESQL/C applications connecting to an SCO/SE with > :emulator iBCS (maybe spelt wrong) > : > :There is an article on this in the German Linux Magazine. > : > :http://www.linux-magazin.de/ > : > :edition 02/97 > : > :title: > :"Interview des Monats > : Autovermieter Sixt" > : > :Saludos, Mm. > : > :-- > :Matthias C. Munzel http://www.iponet.es/~munzel > :Pia M. Dankschart mailto:munzel@iponet.es (MIME) > > Nils.Myklebust@idg.no > NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway > My opinions are those of my company > The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org Thanks Nils for the information. I keep thinking I have said my last, but as this develops it is just too good to stay out of it. I wish I could read/speak German. Once again, I ask all of you reading c.d.i. to take 5 minutes, and email Informix. Tell them you want a Linux port. Actual informix email addresses are showing up here in c.d.i., which is a big move. I salute them. If you haven't tried Linux to make up your mind, trust me, it's fantastic. It could be the biggest revolution in the computer business since the PC. Imagine taking a computer that costs around $2000 USD, and running UNIX on it. Applications, a real data base product, email, true multitasking, a network, development tools, what more do you need for computing? Informix, please don't use c.d.i. as your sole basis of doing the Linux port. Or the lack of response. Take a gamble, watch the market respond. I'll support you, I promise. And dare I say, many out there who can't speak will too. I could be wrong, but you never know... :-) -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- http://www.mindspring.com/~tschaefe http://www.inxutil.com ( http://207.69.204.52 ) MAKE TIDAL WAVES THE OCEAN IS BIG