Re: Well he started it!!! wuz Re: IDS on a Mac?

Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > > > >> From: "Art S. Kagel" <art.kagel@gmail.com> > > [SNIP] >> Suffice it to say that IDS is doing SO well that IBM decided, finally, >> to release a free Developer's Edition of IDS 11.10 with no time bomb! >> Just six months ago I was told that it would never happen by the >> people who make those decisions! >> > Uhm... there's a bit of a caveat on that. Take a look at what platforms > they are releasing the "developers" version ... > >> The next "It will never happen!" I'm waiting for is TPC/C results for >> IDS! >> > > Uhm ... that will never happen. TPC/C is dead. Its being replaced with a > new benchmark. > And yes, IBM's made noise that they will do an IDS run against that > benchmark. Note this was said at IOD... Was there something released to the trades about this? Interesting . . . JWC

>From: John Carlson <jwcarlson1@yahoo.com.invalid> > >Was there something released to the trades about this? Interesting . . . > What that TPC-C was dead? Just go to TPC.org and see.... As to IBM's intentions. There was a comment in a birds of a feather thing. So take it with a grain of salt. It wasn't anything official and I don't remember who made the comment. Seems there's a couple of people saying things that they think to be true, but when you look in to it, they're not.... _________________________________________________________________ See what you're getting into'before you go there http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_preview_0507

>>> The next "It will never happen!" I'm waiting for is TPC/C results for >>> IDS! >> Uhm ... that will never happen. TPC/C is dead. Its being replaced with >> a new benchmark. The replacement for TPC-C is TPC-E. -- Serge Rielau DB2 Solutions Development IBM Toronto Lab