RE: Upgrading IDS from 7.31 to 9.xx

We just purchased an upgrade from 7.31.UD5 on dynix/ptx to 9.4.XXX on AIX 5.2 and we also had some sticker shock regarding the price. We had a 700 user license. Our sales rep at IBM converted us to a CPU based license and it was a lot cheaper. You may want to look into that. Regards, Bill Dare > -----Original Message----- > From: John Lynch (IS) [SMTP:John.Lynch@davy.ie] > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:32 AM > To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' > Cc: Fergal Flanagan; Ciaran MacGabhann > Subject: Upgrading IDS from 7.31 to 9.xx > > > Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.FD6 > > Hi , > > We are looking at the viability of upgrading our IDS 7.31 to version > 9.xx . O.S. is HP-UX Ver 11.0 running on a HP N class server. Several NT, > SUN based applications > lookup the database (via ODBC) along with a traditional Informix r4gl > application running on the HP N Class server. It is fair to say this would > be considered > the mission critical application amongst all the apps that reference > the database. Most operations are via this App. Most others just use the > DB for lookup > purposes. (There is a small amount of updating from some of these apps) > > Q1) What are the benefits of upgrading to Version 9. ( Dont afraid to be > too technical) > > Q2) We received a quotation of close to a million Euro for such an > upgrade. We currently have a 128 user licence agreement with IBM/Informix. > Is this > consistent with your own experiences ? > > > Rgds, > John. > > > > > > > > The information in this email is confidential and may be legally > privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email > by anyone else is unauthorised.if you are not the intended recipient, any > disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be > taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please note > that any views, opinions or advice contained in this email are those of > the sending individual and not necessarily those of the firm. It is > possible for data transmitted by e-mail to be deliberately or accidentally > corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by > e-mail, J&E Davy does not accept any responsibility for any breach of > confidence which may arise from the use of this medium. If you have > received this e-mail in error please notify us immediately at > mailto:helpdesk@davy.ie and delete this e-mail from your system. > << File: John Lynch (IS).vcf >>