Here's an opportunity for Informix...

Posted in 2011

Ian Michael Gumby — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:59:26 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/23/oracle_stops_itanium_development/ For those too lazy to read the story... Oracle is no longer supporting the Itanium processor. So you tell me... which is easier. Buying new hardware or swapping out Informix for Oracle? Prior to the acquisition, HP and Informix had a decent relationship.... But hey! What do I know? I'm just trying to find a silver lining and an opportunity for Informix. After all, I imagine that it would be easier getting an Informix port back to Itanium than trying to port DB2 since most of DB2's distributed clients (read LUW) run on AIX. ;-) -G

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Neil Truby — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:33:51 -0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Ian Michael Gumby" <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:mailman.862.1300913977.1071.informix-list@iiug.org... >> For those too lazy to read the story... Oracle is no longer supporting >> the Itanium processor. >> So you tell me... which is easier. Buying new hardware or swapping out >> Informix for Oracle? Buying new hardware in most cases, I'd have said.