Re: Informix on Solaris x86

On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 21:17:00 -0800 (PST), Ali Azarkar <aazarkar@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Hello, > We are going to use Informix products on Solaris x86. Any commnet? >Any experience? Any reference? Thanks. Yeah, don't. While Solaris X86 was an OK operating system, Informix was very slow in delivering ports of their products to it. Simply, it wasn't a volume seller sufficient to be worth the effort. If you want to run Solaris (and I do) you're better off buying a Sun Ultra5 box. Not very expensive, works and no problems getting Informix software. Of course, Solaris X86 may now be a high priority port for Informix, but I doubt it. Last I saw, the volume was in Solaris, HPUX, SCO and NT (not necessarily in that order). Peter Wiley