Re: Re: 9.40 buggy!
A side discussion in the '9.40 buggy' thread. Jean Sagi asked what DB2 Express is; Serge Rielau said it is DB2 UDB packaged for embedded install with licensing aimed at departmental and small business use. rkusenet and Obnoxio The Clown joked about it. No technical Informix content.
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> -----Original Message----- > From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@MydasSolutions.com> > You know that no one on this list knows what > DB2 Express is Well, I'm one of them... So what it is that DB2 Express? Some kind of lite DB2? Chucho! Jean Sagi jeansagi@myrealbox.com jeansagi@netscape.net sending to informix-list
DB2 Express is DB2 UDB wrapped up to install embedded and with a licencing that favors departmental and SMB usages. -- Serge Rielau DB2 SQL Compiler Development IBM Toronto Lab
"Serge Rielau" <srielau@ca.eye-bee-m.com> wrote > DB2 Express is DB2 UDB wrapped up to install embedded and with a > licencing that favors departmental and SMB usages. You forgot to add:- "And at a price so cheap that only a congenital idiot will opt for Informix over DB2Express" :-) Sometime back I was talking to IBM rep about Informix Workgroup server and it didn't take her long to start talking out DB2. rk-
See I try to be better. I answer a direct question on DB2 and keep my mouth shut otherwise. Cheers Serge -- Serge Rielau DB2 SQL Compiler Development IBM Toronto Lab
Serge Rielau wrote: > See I try to be better. I answer a direct question on DB2 and keep my > mouth shut otherwise. But it doesn't help, does it? :o) -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche