Re: Who's using what?

Malcolm Weallans (onlinedbc@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote: : Charlie Peck writes: : > I am trying to research the Informix database market in an effort to : > determine which versions of OnLine (5.x, 6.x, 7.x) are most prevalent : > in the user base. We are considering writing a developer's tool : > and the different capabilities (particularly between 5.x and 6.x) : > would effect our design in a many ways. We would like to focus our : > energies where the majority of the customer's are. Are there still : > significant numbers of people using 5.x? Are they likely to : > migrate in the next 6-9 months? : > > Thanks for your help. : > > charlie peck : > charliep@earlham.edu How about emailing to the marketing manager Steve Sommer from Menlo Park. He might have some good statistics for u. Ofcourse u might have to sign some non-disclosure act... my current knowledge of the situation is this: SE and 5.01 hold about 45% each. Many people are not moving or planning to 6.0 and 7.1 as yet - an issue sometime in May in ComputerWorld seems to suggest this. Yet, it's a matter of time before people move (I think...). Hope this helps.