Re: Canvassing opinion - from RDS version 4 to wha

Hi! In light of the current Product Lifecycle schedule posted at Informix's website, 4GL Compiled and RDS version 6.0x are due to move to retirement (Category 4, in Informix's terminology) on June 30, 1998. This means that users planning an upgrade should try to negotiate for the 7.2x versions. I'm sorry I don't have the url close by for this info, so if you'd like to get the schedule in Excel 97 format, give me a holler from the address you'd like me to send it to. Basically, Ian, I also advise upgrading to the latest, but if the latest is 6.0x, then you may have to do another upgrade after June 1998, at an extra cost (cheap though, if you're covered by Informix's maintenance contract, which you will be if this is a new purchase). At 08:27 PM 1/20/98 EDT, David Williams wrote: } } }In article <34c4b6fc.97971213@news.demon.co.uk>, Ian Clark <ian@tubeway- }army.demon.co.uk> writes }>Hi All, }> }>I've just joined a company who are running RDS 4GL version 4 and SQL }>version 4. Both products are running on an IBM RS6000 with AIX 3.1. }> }>Now, AIX 3.1 was long since not supported by IBM and so I ned to }>consider a move up to the latest release of AIX and probably on a }>newer model of computer. }> }>If I do this I need to consider our Informix products. Now, I haven't }>kept pace recently with what Informix have been up to and so I }>wondered if any of you out there could advise me on what comparative }>Informix development environment I should go for. }> }>The software that has been written is fairly basic in the sense that }>there is nothing in it that I think I need to worry about if }>compatability with a newer version of Informix was to be considered. }>Most of the earlier releases of Informix seemed backward compatible. }> }>With the recent product reorganisations that have been going on can }>someone please advise where I should go from RDS? Yes, I know it will }>depend on what I want to do but just assume for now that it will }>probably be the case that I just want to recompile what i have at the }>moment and carry on from there. }> } } I would go to } } - the latest AIX (4.2 ???) } - the latest RDS for your platform (probably 6.05.UC1) } - the latest SE for your platform (probably 7.23/7.24) } - }>Also, is AIX worth sticking with as the platform on which to run? What }>about NT or others? } } RDS (i.e. Informix-4GL) does not exist for NT... } }> }>Any ideas/comments/views most welcome. }> }>Cheers, Ian. } }-- }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 Best regards, Nigel +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |Name : Edmund Nigel Gall Tel: (868) 636 3153 | |Title : Information Systems Specialist Fax: (868) 679 3770 | |Company: Process Plant Services Limited | |Address: Atlantic Avenue, Point Lisas Industrial Estate | | Point Lisas, Couva, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. | +----- mailto:nigelg@ppsl.com ------ http://www.ppsl.com -----+