Re: Install hangs on NT 4.0

From: "Bob Kline" <bobklin@idt.net> > >Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:7tv717$902$1@news.xmission.com... > > > And did you buy those products off Osborne Press as well? > >No. They were acquired from the normal channels (or directly from the >vendors) during the course of projects which required those database >packages. So why didn't you do the same thing for Informix? If you want to look at the product, get the real thing from a valid source. > > Perhaps you should download proper evaluation software from > > www.intraware.com and install them before making rash judgements. > >Perhaps. I'm always happy to see competition in the DBMS market, but the >burden of proof rests with the competing vendor, and frankly I don't have a >lot of incentive to expend much more time and energy dodging obstacles in >what is largely (for me) an artificial problem. I've had customers request >that I undertake projects which used Oracle, DB2, or SQL Server. I've >never >had such a request involving Informix. If I ever do, I'll take a closer >look. I've seen enough for right now. You're welcome to think of that as >"rash" if you prefer. I think it's rash to judge a product not working on a platform that is finicky using a port that's not certified. Let's say I tried the SCO Sybase port on Solaris for Intel and I had problems and then posted criticisms to comp.databases.sybase...? But anyway, I wish you well with the other databases. The fact that you chose NT as your test platform says enough... :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com