Mac and me....
One has to appreciate the irony of my consulting on IDS working on a new Macbook. Well ok - not running IDS on the Macbook, but it does bring up an old question.....IS there a need out there for a Mac/Linux version of IDS? With some of the new hardware coming out on Mac OS X+ it does make you wonder. Anyone? Opinions? (Dr. Leffler - I thought you were always a big advocate of this, but really can't remember...) Mark Scranton Informix 1995-
mark.scranton@gmail.com wrote: > One has to appreciate the irony of my consulting on IDS working on a > new Macbook. > > Well ok - not running IDS on the Macbook, but it does bring up an old > question.....IS there a need out there for a Mac/Linux version of IDS? > With some of the new hardware coming out on Mac OS X+ it does make you > wonder. > > Anyone? Opinions? > > (Dr. Leffler - I thought you were always a big advocate of this, but > really can't remember...) > > Mark Scranton > Informix 1995- I suppose the question is related to new, Intel-based Mac machines and OS X. Regarding to Linux, I suppose that all Intel Linux distributions will be able tu run on new Macs (somebody correct me if I am wrong), hence we should already have IDS for that HW/OS combination. I would like to see IDS running on OS X. It could be an interesting choice for SMBs that want some Unix flavor on Intel hardware, for example in combination with Apple's small storages. More important is how many "serious" customers would put their databases on a product that is perceived to be fancy toy or designers machine (that is not my impression since OS X came out). Most important is if IBM is willing to add a platform to Informix portfolio, and what would "serious" analysts say about that. They usually suggest "consolidation" of product portfolios and reduction of number of products, so the vendor sends "clearer" message to customers. Just my .02$ Darko Krstic
darko wrote: > I would like to see IDS running on OS X. I would too. With Oracle 10.1.0.3 and Panther 10.3.6 we had what appeared to be an Apple-Oracle alliance. It gave us a product that, quite frankly, was superior in many respects to Oracle on other *NIX operating systems. The problem was that Apple's management got itself wrapped around the axle due to iPod and Nano and dropped its support. If they decide to dance with IDS that would be great. But make sure they are really committed before you jump in. That said ... their servers and storage arrays are among the best available and at a very sweet price point. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)