CSDK free site and the Developer Edition Free site
Posted in 2021
Scott Pickett proposed merging the Informix CSDK free download site into the Developer Edition site to reduce clicks and marketing, with target date Q1 2022, and possibly dropping some older CSDK files. David Williams advised keeping old files and Art Kagel supported a single location. Paul Watson noted IBM itself once needed an old Online copy from him. No decision was given.
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All, There have been a number of complaints, some privately made, some public here on the Community page, about access to the Informix free sites and the number of them (specifically 2 sites as opposed to one). This is in relation to the marketing and so forth that you encounter when you get to each of these sites. Access is sometimes an issue as well. We do not directly control the access to or the marketing of the site. We are discussing the marketing aspect separately, with no result to date. However, we have determined that it would be possible to consolidate the two sites as one and reduce the clicks and marketing by half. We would be able to move all of the CSDK files to the Developer Edition site and then eventually take down the CSDK site. Obviously, as part of this project, there are also a number of IBM and possibly other sites with links to the CSDK site that would have to change. During the move, there are some older CSDK files in varying quantities by release that are on the CSDK site which we are contemplating permanently removing from the system. These are listed as follows: Comments are welcome. Target date is Q1 2022. Scott Pickett IBM Informix WW Technical Sales IBM Expert Labs IBM Informix WW Cloud Technical Sales IBM Expert Labs IBM Informix WW Cloud Technical Sales ICIAE IBM Expert Labs IBM Informix WW Informix Warehouse Accelerator Sales IBM Expert Labs Boston, Massachusetts USA spickett@us.ibm.com 617-899-7549 33 Years Informix User The current Informix Roadshow presentations are here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/hybriddatamanagement/viewdocument/informix-1410xc2-features?CommunityKey=cf5a1f39-c21f-4bc4-9ec2-7ca108f0a365&tab=librarydocuments All presentations and the agenda used by the Roadshow can be found there. Website for Internet Of Things https://www.ibm.com/internet-of-things/ Website for Informix https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/informix/ #Informix
Hi, Good idea but I would keep the old files as well in case someone needs them. I do not understand why vendors drop old binaries they do not take up much space! Regards, David. ------------------------------ David Williams ------------------------------
Thanks David. Do you know of anyone specifically that would use any of these? We have been asking around privately ....... Scott Pickett IBM Informix WW Technical Sales IBM Expert Labs IBM Informix WW Cloud Technical Sales IBM Expert Labs IBM Informix WW Cloud Technical Sales ICIAE IBM Expert Labs IBM Informix WW Informix Warehouse Accelerator Sales IBM Expert Labs Boston, Massachusetts USA spickett@us.ibm.com 617-899-7549 33 Years Informix User The current Informix Roadshow presentations are here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/hybriddatamanagement/viewdocument/informix-1410xc2-features?CommunityKey=cf5a1f39-c21f-4bc4-9ec2-7ca108f0a365&tab=librarydocuments All presentations and the agenda used by the Roadshow can be found there. Website for Internet Of Things https://www.ibm.com/internet-of-things/ Website for Informix https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/technology/informix/
Scott: I agree that a single location for all of the free packages will reduce confusion and make it easier for folks to find what they need. Art ------------------------------ Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management Corp. www.askdbmgt.com ------------------------------
Well I do know a large company that lost the ability to compile a very old version of Online on SCO that need they need for one of their customers. So let them have a copy I had laying around. The large company was IBM obviously Cheers Paul