Re: I-Net & Win 3.11 or Win95

On 8 Feb 96 8:30 Anno Domini , Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax's mailer burped out: [huge snip] > Dear Informix: > This is stupid, stupid, stupid. Can you please tell us when you will do > something realy smart with this. With Windows 95 and NT TCP/IP is included. > You should be able to make an intelligent installation procedure that > makes I-NET and ODBC work out of the box with little or no problems. It should > check the TCP/IP installation (all parts of it, including any host/services files ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah, but how would it know where to look? For trumpet, these files are wherever a user decides to put them. For Windoze NT, they are in /windows/system32/drivers/etc, and those are only two TCP/IP stacks. > needed), test the connection (using telnet or whatever), give detailed > descriptions for the 10 or 20 most used Unix servers/OS versions on what to do > and so on. In this day and age we as users demand this kind of functionallity > and ease of use. Many, perhaps most, of the points in this checklist should > be possible to check in your installation program! [Another huge snip] I'm sorry, but I must play Devil's advocate here. Isn't Informix software aimed at programmers? I'm not saying that Informix couldn't use some work on I-net, but make it the Macintosh of database connection interfaces? ODBC connections can be equally difficult to manage, IMNSHO. This is not a flame, and I most definitely don't work for Informix. Yes, I-Net is not a plug-and-play operation, but I would hope that most people would classify themselves at least a few steps ahead of the average user in problem-solving savvy. FWIW. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sean LeBlanc - leblancs@tsagate.com Technical Services Associates, Inc. - www.tsagate.com Flamage and Commercialism > /dev/null Disclaimer: Uh, that was other kids. Finger : sean@linux.tsagate.com This message has been personally tested and certified by Big Brother Bill and Senator Exon (and friends) to be PC, containing only the best of family values, and Safe For The Children (tm). Long live the Brave New Net!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-