Re: Upgrade or just re-license?
In article <34d0a8ff.526159583@news.demon.co.uk>, Ian Clark <ian@tubeway-army.demon.co.uk> writes >Hi All, > >I've just joined a compnay who have the following products: > >V4 STD Engine Runtime (D32) >V4 STD Engine (D16) >V4 RDS Runtime (D32) >V4 RDS Devsys (D16) >V4 SQL Runtime (D32) >V4 SQL Devsys (D16) > >All this is running on an RS6000 running AIX 3.1 and no Informix >Assurance payments have been made since the software was bought some 6 >or 7 years ago. > >I will be upgrading AIX to 4.2 and need to re-license Informix. As I >will be the only developer there is no need for 16 user licenses for >the products, 1 would suffice. > >To cut down on costs I was proposing to just re-license our Informix >releases to run on AIX 4.1 and stick with the versions we have. There >is no real need for us to move to a newer release as the software that >has been developed in-house before my arrival does the job. >My concern would be support for V4. If I do re-license and stay with >V4, am I going to hit problems in the months/years ahead? > Yes, I imagine version 4 will be phased out... >Another reason for staying with V4 for the time being is that once I >get familiar with the software I was thinking of a switch to a >client/server proposition involving an NT boix running SQL Server and >writing VB stuff for running on PC's and hooking up to the database >with ODBC. But that is another can of worms :-) Feel free to comment >on this if you wish. > Urgh! Still with Informix at least, it is much better than SQL Server.. >Any comments/views most appreciated. > >Cheers, Ian. > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care