Re: Canvassing opinion - from RDS version 4 to wha

In article <6a5eec$5ou@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Nigel Gall <nigelg@ppsl.com> writes > >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 Yes, the latest 4GL is 6.05, 6.10 is due out soon. ESQL/C, SE and Online are 7.2x (currently 7.24). >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). -- 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