Re: ODBC Drivers !!!!!!!!!!!

I think this white paper is mentioned : Database Vendors are the best source of ODBC Drivers ODBC Drivers do not have to be purchased from database vendors only, neither are they the best source of ODBC Drivers, bearing in mind ODBC has accelerated the process of database commoditisation. Databases systems are fast becoming commodity items just like computer hardware. ODBC Drivers supplied by a database vendor will obviously only work with communications software also provided by that database vendor. If there are any problems with the communications layer, or you have numerous database systems from different database vendors in your organization you will feel the pain both in terms of ODBC unsuitability and cost. The OpenLink ODBC (MT) Driver is licensed on a concurrent usage basis only, irrespective of the number of databases that you will be connecting to, or the number of PCs connecting to databases in your organizations network. The OpenLink ODBC (MT) Driver does not require the purchase of additional communications software just because you need to access another database type within your organization via ODBC compliant applications. It's an Openlink promotion.. Nils Myklebust wrote: > Just one warning here. > You either have to have a very special environement or be rather crazy > to use the ODBC drivers included in the Informix Client SDK. > The other products may be fine and nice, but *not* this ODBC driver. > Just check the FAQ and particularly the white paper it refers to to > find out exactly why. The main issue is data security although there > are other problems as well. > > We can only hope that someone at Informix see the light one day... > > Some things that are free may not be all that free after all. > > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 08:54:04 +0200, Marco de Jong > <marcodj@post.ie.informix.com> wrote: > > >Check the free download Informix Client SDK > > > >www.intraware.com/shop/ > >www.intraware.com/shop/vendor.html?MANU=IFMX&x=16&y=11