Re: Is IBM actually doing something with IDS?

On Tue, 29 May 2007 14:44:01 -0400, "Gentsch, Samuel" <SAM_GENTSCH@homedepot.com> wrote: > >>Yeah but it's a crippled release, isn't replication turned >>off? Or some other gotcha that makes it crippled. I want >>the real deal, and no timebomb, not some watered down >>version that isn't production ready. > >Does that mean DB2 (until recently) and other RDBMSs that did not have >replication were >crippled? .. ((insert something about fish in a barrel here)).... > >I think the point of the IIUG free engine is to educate yourself and >experiment with the best engine available. >I can understand wanting to experiment with HDR and that dead-sexy ER, >but if it were free, how would IBMers feed their children? > >The free basic engine is the bait....so bite. Still, I wish that there was parity between DB2 and IDS in the area of Express-C. It's been explained to me why, but I still don't like it . . . . JWC