Re: Informix Universal Server

Here are a few points. I hope you will find them useful: - The market for the Universal server is not there yet. This market according to one report that I have seen will take off late 1998. So a lot of people do not need a Universal server with all the Object and datablade extensions now. - You are right a lot of customers will hold onto 7.2X release for the time being. - Those customers which have special needs and would like to do Object oriented work will use IUS now. I do not have any numbers but they do not seem to be in the majority now. I think the IUS product will become mainstream when you see the following happen: - complete merge of ODS and IUS feature sets into a single product. - Informix starting to run TPC benchmark on this "merged" IUS product. - Starting to see more IUS implementation successes with big strategic accounts. - Adoption of the IUS by third party developers particularly big application vendors such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan. I hope this info helps. Saeed In article <5r8kl2$a18@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, CPeries@dynasty.com ("Peries, Chaminda") wrote: >Hi folks ! > >I am interested in finding out weather the Universal Server will be >widely adopted as a next generation database server. So Please feel free >to share your thoughts. > >How well was the Universal Server received by the Informix user >community when it was introduced ?. > >What percentage has switched over ? > > What percentage has serious plans of switching over in the near future >? > >Or do you anticipate those who don't require datablade technology to >hold on to Informix 7.x. for an extended period ? > > > >Thanks > > >Chaminda Peries > > >Dynasty Technologies Inc. >700 Rockmead, Suite 100, >Kingwood, TX-77339 > >Tel : (281) 358-2764, EXT 133 >cperies@dynasty.com >