Re: database market share 2003
Hi The following IBM Informix products are released on zSeries: 4GL 7.32 I-SQL 7.32 CISAM CSDK 2.81 IDS 9.40.FC3 You will find all this info at our new Linux web page: http://www.ibm.com/informix/linux/ Thanks Sandor IBM Informix Development Munich "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@serendip To ita.com> "Data Goob" <datagoob@hotmail.com> Sent by: cc owner-informix-li informix-list@iiug.org st@iiug.org Subject Re: database market share 2003 05.06.2004 10:59 Data Goob said: > "Mark A" <ma@switchboard.net> wrote in message > news:orawc.73$5Z4.54067@news.uswest.net... >> >> The operating system and much of the system software on it is much more >> stable than Linux or UNIX, which is why many large enterprises rely on >> it >> for critical applications like banking, reservations, and other critical >> applications. Actually the IBM mainframe boxes themselves run Linux or >> z/OS. >> > When did this occur? I thought mainframes ran VM. VM stands for Virtual Machine. It simply allows the hardware to host multiple OSes, much like VMWare does in [WL]intel. >> I don't think it is a growth market, nor is it disappearing. The >> mainframe >> prices keep decreasing, and UNIX boxes get more sophisticated and more >> expensive. So eventually it will probably just come down to which >> operating >> system you want to use. >> > Hmmm. Interesting. > >> People get too hung-up on the past, and on the names of things. An IBM >> mainframe is just a box, that runs an operating system, and can run >> local >> application or with remote clients (including web clients). Things >> change. >> > ( runs around to catch him leaving and makes him stop ) > > Isn't VM considered one of the best OS's out there? Isn't that the OS > on OS/390, or is it another name--guess I'm too much away from mainframe > systems? VM isn't an OS as such. > But imagine this for a moment, Dieing database product hooks up with > dieing hardware platform. I mean seriously, it would be interesting to see > Informix and z/OS come together in an Open Source project of some kind. > Like start out with just putting Informix SE on z/OS. WTF they're both > dying animals, give it a shot. Unless I've got the wrong end of the stick, IDS has been out Linux z/OS for about a year now? And 4GL? -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" - JCH "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" - Marco sending to informix-list sending to informix-list
Nice web page except for the gay penguin at the top of the page. We were thinking seriously about zSeries but this was so offensive we are now considering the Oracle hardware platform. ( Unless we find out Larry is gay too ) "Sandor Szabo" <sandor.szabo@de.ibm.com> wrote in message news:ca17vb$lmc$1@news.xmission.com... > > > Hi > > The following IBM Informix products are released on zSeries: > > 4GL 7.32 > I-SQL 7.32 > CISAM > CSDK 2.81 > > IDS 9.40.FC3 > > You will find all this info at our new Linux web page: > > http://www.ibm.com/informix/linux/ > > Thanks > Sandor >
Data Goob wrote: > Nice web page except for the gay penguin at the top > of the page. > > We were thinking seriously about zSeries but this > was so offensive we are now considering the Oracle > hardware platform. ( Unless we find out Larry is > gay too ) Looks like a strong _female_ penguin to me :-) -- Serge Rielau DB2 SQL Compiler Development IBM Toronto Lab