Re: Is IBM actually doing something with IDS?

Data Cruncher wrote: > "DA Morgan" <damorgan@psoug.org> wrote in message > news:1180798894.341428@bubbleator.drizzle.com... > >> BTW: Other than being an IBM employee what connection do you have to >> Informix other than trying to kill it by using its technology to >> improve DB2? > > Kill it??? I thought you had already predicted a date > when Informix would have been buried (Apr 2006, > 5 yrs after IBM bought it). > > Did you look at Cheetah's features. It is obvious > that IBM does not think Informix is to be targeted > to only existing client base. Otherwise they would > not have introduced Oracle like features , like > read consistency (read don't block writes > and vice-versa). And since it is Informix I > can bet it will do a better job than Oracle > at read consistency without locking. > Also RAC like shared disk features, albeit > a read-only copy only. I hope so. It will make the marketplace more competitive and that is good for everyone. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond) Puget Sound Oracle Users Group www.psoug.org