Informix Developer license?
A newcomer asked whether IBM offers a free developer/student license for Informix so he could build DataBlade extensions, and whether the Windows-only DataBlade Developer's Kit (DBDK) is mandatory. Answers pointed him to IBM's Informix Developer Edition page, plus the free IIUG developer edition (from the IIUG members' download area) and the IBM IDS Virtual Appliance — both non-time-limited with full Enterprise features but capped on users, CPU VPs and memory. Art Kagel confirmed DBDK is not required; it's just a GUI front end, and DataBlades can be built from the command line.
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Does IBM offer a developer license for the Informix database, like Oracle? I plan to use Informix for developing data type extensions, etc., using data blades. Is this possible without the professional 'authorized user license' (Is there a research/ community edition for students)? I am a beginner wrt Informix, so could someone direct me to this information? Thanks a ton!
GANESH VISWANATHAN wrote: > Does IBM offer a developer license for the Informix database, like Oracle? > I plan to use Informix for developing data type extensions, etc., using data > blades. Is this possible without the professional 'authorized user license' > (Is there a research/ community edition for students)? > > I am a beginner wrt Informix, so could someone direct me to this information? > Thanks a ton! http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/ -- Cheers, Obnoxio The Clown http://obotheclown.blogspot.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/developer/ Regards Guy ________________________________ From: GANESH VISWANATHAN <gansvv@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:11:05 AM Subject: Informix Developer license? [16011] Does IBM offer a developer license for the Informix database, like Oracle? I plan to use Informix for developing data type extensions, etc., using data blades. Is this possible without the professional 'authorized user license' (Is there a research/ community edition for students)? I am a beginner wrt Informix, so could someone direct me to this information? Thanks a ton! ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
Thanks for the link! I see they have a Developer edition for "unlimited trial". But, I see that the Informix Datablade Developer's Kit runs only on Windows. http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/blades/dbdk/ Can datablades be developed (in the proper manner) without using the developer's kit, or is this tool a necessity? Thanks.
You can download the free IIUG developer's edition from the IIUG web site or the IBM IDS Virtual Appliance which includes a developer edition from the IBM web site. Both are free versions with ALL Enterprise Edition level features enabled and they are not time-bombed. They are only limited as to the number of concurrent users and the number of CPU VPs and amount of memory you can assign to the server. To download the IIUG edition, just go to the member's pages and click on Downloads and you'll see it in the page heading. Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM, GANESH VISWANATHAN <gansvv@gmail.com>wrote: > Does IBM offer a developer license for the Informix database, like Oracle? > I plan to use Informix for developing data type extensions, etc., using > data > blades. Is this possible without the professional 'authorized user license' > (Is there a research/ community edition for students)? > > I am a beginner wrt Informix, so could someone direct me to this > information? > Thanks a ton! > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001636c5b18491071a046c2b819f
You don't need the 'Datablade Developer's Kit' to buld datablades. It's just a Window Geek GUI for the commandline challenged. Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:30 PM, GANESH VISWANATHAN <gansvv@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for the link! I see they have a Developer edition for "unlimited > trial". > > But, I see that the Informix Datablade Developer's Kit runs only on > Windows. > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/blades/dbdk/ > > Can datablades be developed (in the proper manner) without using the > developer's kit, or is this tool a necessity? Thanks. > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001636c5a9bf80509c046c2b8960
Thanks.