Re: Universal Data Option. Was: Oracle NVL equivalent ?

In article <34a00d34.22205369@gate.idg.no>, Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> writes > >What should Informix do? >Obvious: >1. Charge the same for IDS/UDO as for the regular IDS engine. We would >probably accept the lack of 7.3 features for some time. At least we >would have had that option. >2. Create a Workgroup and Developer version of the IDS/UDO engine, >again with the same prices as the current regular IDS engine. We could >then use the UDO for all installations. >3. Port all the 7.3 features into the IDS/UDO engine. I expect that will happen. Remember though that to integrate Illustra with Online takes a long time. Hence you have to create a new branch in the development tree and 'freeze' the Online code in that branch whilst you do the integration. I expect that the two code streams will merge soon. > >Nils.Myklebust@idg.no >NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway >My opinions are those of my company >The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care