Re: IIUG - New engine survey, your input needed

At 12:02 PM 17-06-98 -0400, Seth Grimes wrote: >Clem Akins writes: > >> Your wish is granted! In version 7.3, Informix accomplished the goal >> of merging the 7 and 9 code streams. With the coming 9.2 release, this >> unified code stream will clearly demonstrate Informix's seriousness about >> OR technology. I invite you to attend Informix's "9.2 Features" class, >> which will be available to the public with the General Availability of >> the product. > > So are you saying that 9.2 is a superset of 7.3, that everything >in 7.3 is in 9.2? I was intentionally vague on that point. You must be very careful about differentiating my views from the official dogma. Officially, the relationship of 9.2 to 7.3 has not been formally defined. From what I can see at this early date though, the answer is "yes", that 9.2 is a superset of 7.3, and is the upgrade path from 7.x. > When will 9.2 be generally available and when it is, will Informix >distributed free Windows NT licenses as the company's now doing for 7.30? Very early projections call for 9.2 to be generally available in Q4. The press release pertaining to the free NT licenses indicates that upgrades are included. >And do you have any explanation why free 9.14 licenses aren't available? No. _____________________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 Customer Course Development Manager Informix Software, Inc Last seen: Watching a sunrise, beach camping in California