IDS far from "dead"...

Posted in 2007

Ian Michael Gumby — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:39:35 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

First as it was already pointed out, IDS was never ported to I-Series aka AS400. Maybe if they had, I series wouldn't be hurting as much as they are. IDS is definitely low maintenance and with each new release, the cost of maintenance is getting lower. So if you wanted to create a "business in a box" solution, IBM should have moved away from DB2 on AS400 and put IDS in there instead. In addition, if IDS were on its "death bed", why are there DB2 support types posting and reading here? Right Jan? Or did you retire from IBM? ;-) Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) _________________________________________________________________ Mortgage refinance is Hot. *Terms. Get a 5.375%* fix rate. Check savings https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2bbb&disc=y&vers=925&s=4056&p=5117

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Tool — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:50:07 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Gumby, You assert that iSeries is "hurting". What proof do you have that this is true? -t- Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > First as it was already pointed out, IDS was never ported to I-Series > aka AS400. > > Maybe if they had, I series wouldn't be hurting as much as they are. > > IDS is definitely low maintenance and with each new release, the cost of > maintenance is getting lower. > > So if you wanted to create a "business in a box" solution, IBM should > have moved away from DB2 on AS400 and put IDS in there instead. > > In addition, if IDS were on its "death bed", why are there DB2 support > types posting and reading here? > Right Jan? Or did you retire from IBM? ;-) > > Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) >

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John Carlson — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:56:30 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:39:35 +0000, "Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote: >First as it was already pointed out, IDS was never ported to I-Series aka >AS400. > >Maybe if they had, I series wouldn't be hurting as much as they are. > >IDS is definitely low maintenance and with each new release, the cost of >maintenance is getting lower. > >So if you wanted to create a "business in a box" solution, IBM should have >moved away from DB2 on AS400 and put IDS in there instead. > >In addition, if IDS were on its "death bed", why are there DB2 support types >posting and reading here? >Right Jan? Or did you retire from IBM? ;-) > >Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) > I'm presuming there's a story here . . . . . JWC

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Mark Townsend — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:09:54 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

>> >> Oh yeah, I do know where all of the skeletons are hiding . ;-) >> > > I'm presuming there's a story here . . . . . > > JWC Not yet.

Glossary

IDS (Informix Dynamic Server)