Re: Informix for Linux ...

I am curious. What would you do if you report a problem, and Informix Support claim it is OS related ? Would not that leave behind many unhappy customers ? Tim Schaefer (tschaefe@mindspring.com) wrote: : : The port appears to be eminent, but no official release or : commitment to port just yet. It'll be a while, as Informix : buys bigger shoes to put out a few fires in their back yard. : But it could happen soon if there was enough interest from : YOU the user community. : : Why port Informix to Linux? Why bother responding to this? : : Two of the most important reasons Linux is so great: : : 1. NO licensing costs of the OS. : 2. Complete source code of the OS. : : I'm grabbing Bob Young, President of Red Hats' comments here, : but they really say it all. : : Granted, many of you out there in the comp.databases.informix : community couldn't care less about Linux. It may not appear : on the surface to mean much. But once you get a copy, and : see the value you would otherwise have to pay BIG money for : with commercial UNIX vendors, you begin to see the possibilities. : : Putting Informix on Linux is simply, "Buy the data base, get : the OS for FREE!". And it's not just an OS, but one of the : most efficient versions of UNIX ever distributed. Imagine : the possibilities. Linux is one of the best print servers, : one of the best OSes, and one of the best web servers. This : was the proclamation by three independent trade magazines. : : Linux only needs a great, commercial data base and the industry : is in for a big change. Ask your MIS department head how : much they spend each year on OS licensing. Linux could : save you big money and at the same time provide you with a : really efficient UNIX. : : We're making sloooooow progress with this, but you can help : to make it a reality by presenting a good business case for : it and mail it to tonyv@informix.com . Tony Velcich, Sr. : Product Manager at Informix, would love to hear that you're : going to buy a copy of Informix 7.x once it's ported to Linux. : : Tim : -- : Tim Schaefer \\\\|// : tschaefe@mindspring.com 6 6 : -------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o---------------------- : http://www.inxutil.com - My Ezine : http://www.informix.com - Informix Software Inc. : http://www.iiug.org - International Informix User Group/FAQ : ================================================================ --