Re: Who's using what?

->From: onlinedbc@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Malcolm Weallans") ->Subject: Re: Who's using what? ->Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 17:20:06 GMT ->Reply-To: onlinedbc@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Malcolm Weallans") ->Organization: OnLine Database Consultancy -> ->Charlie Peck writes: ->> I am trying to research the Informix database market in an effort to ->> determine which versions of OnLine (5.x, 6.x, 7.x) are most prevalent ->> in the user base. ...[snip]... Are there still ->> significant numbers of people using 5.x? Are they likely to ->> migrate in the next 6-9 months? ->> > Thanks for your help. ->> > charlie peck ->> charliep@earlham.edu ->INFUSE, the UK User Group will be doing a survey on this in our next ->newsletter. I suspect that there are still many developers using 5.x and ->that they will continue to do so until FORCED to migrate by INFORMIX. ->The reason :- IMHO DSA is much better for the larger user but small ->users do not get sufficient benefit for the extra work and cost. -> ->Malcolm Weallans Malcolm makes an interesting point. The thought of Informix having THREE product lines, Standard Engine, OnLine non-DSA, and OnLine DSA, has its good points, although it could be confusing. I hope Informix would come up with better names than the (non-)DSA monsters I used above. Then marketing could say, "We have the right engine for your DB, whether it is small, medium, or large." Hmm.... Regards, Alan ___________________________ ______________________| R. Alan Popiel |__________________________ \\ Internet: | Martin Marietta, SLS | / \\ alan@den.mmc.com | P.O. Box 179, M/S 3810 | Std disclaimers apply. / )Voice: | Denver, CO 80201-0179 USA | ( / 303-977-9998 |___________________________| (But you knew that!) \\ /________________________) (____________________________\\