Re: Informix running on Linux

Mike Jagdis (mike@roan.co.uk) wrote: : : Rubbish! I know a *lot* of people that *bought* WordPerfect for : SCO so they could run it on Linux. I know a *lot* of people that : *bought* Informix for SCO so they could run their apps on Linux. : As one MD of a *very* large firm said to me, "Linux is faster : than SCO, cheaper than SCO, easier to support than SCO and : runs SCO apps. Why should I buy SCO?" : When I was talking to the Applixware Rep at the recent Networld Interop (SCO BOOTH). I was told that Linux was the fastest platform to run Applixware on. I guess Linux is quite fast. : >So lighten up and find some free database software to go with Linux. : >When you decide to do some SERIOUS development, then maybe you will : >spend the money for some serious software. Hmmm, I had the same problem. I tried using MiniSQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL for my Internet Auction project. They all worked for what was needed but I would like to have transanction support, subqueries and basically the whole ANSI SQL 92 standard. But none of the cheap/free SQL server offers all the options Informix, Oracle, Sybase does (especially for serious transaction based databases) but I still found MySQL great ( The programmer that made it is really helpfull in solving problems ). Maybe I'll be able to afford something like Adabas D, and or SOLID someday 8-(. George Daswani CIO Digital Odyssey