Re: Informix migration from 486 to Pentium maybe a FAQ (sorry if so!)

Edward X Garbowski (exg9537@cs.rit.edu) wrote: : In article <D1tvvG.8CE@cix.compulink.co.uk> gnicholls@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Graham Nicholls") writes: : >I have a client whose machine I'm about to upgrade to either a Pentium or : >a twin pentium, from a 486 running SCO Unix. I realise that a twin : >pentium will not be directly supported by informix; I understand that I : >have to buy a twin cpu aware version, as well as the SCO mpx extensions. : >My concern is that the Informix won't run on the pentium as it will : >detect the presence of a pentium rather than a 486, and decide that it : >violates the licensing agreement. Is this so? If it is, what do I have : >to do/pay to upgrade the informix, please. : >TIA : > : > : >Graham : I don't see a concern here (maybe I miss it), but anyway... : We went from a 486 to Pentium with Informix on SCO, and it worked fine. : ed The only concern is probably that you move up 1 price grade going from 486 to 586, and 2 price grades going from 486 to dual 586. Moving one of our customers from 486 to 586 caused the informix-based software upgrades to exceed the cost of the computer hardware. Thousands of bucks for exactly the same products they had to begin with! It is difficult to find the value in this policy, other than to increase Informix's profits. Tom Allred Systems Integration tallred@mercury.interpath.net