Re: Informix 4GL and NT Server?

In article <01bb6697$5a717360$c91e5c8b@none>, kanca <Zkanca@ibm.net> writes > > >Hello, > >We are considering purchasing a piece of software that is written in Informix >4GL. The firm selling the software would like to >also sell us a UNIX server to run it on. As we are running a network of NT >Servers, I would like to avoid introducing a new type >of OS into the network if at all possible. > >I tried searching through the Informix web site, but I could not find any >information on whether or not Informix 4GL is supported >on Windows NT. Could someone please let me know if this is possible or not? > Not it is not..4GL is not going to have major enhancements do to it such as porting to NT as it is not where Informix see the future is. >Also, do we, as the end users of this software, need to purchase Informix 4GL >licenses in order to use this software? We have no >intention of developing anything in Informix 4GL. > Yes, you need to purchase runtime licenses E.g. 16/32/64/96 users runtime license. If the supplier wished to compile on you machine you will also need a development license to get the compiler. E.g. 2 user. >I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer any of these questions. > >thank you, >Deniz Akkus akkus@ibm.net > >PS. I will check the newsgroup, but would be delighted if you could send me >email -- sometimes I get the newsfeed rather late it >seems. > > -- David Williams