Re: Informix Directions

Steven L Cooper wrote: > > Tim Schaefer <tschaefe@mindspring.com> wrote in article > <34e34170.0@128.151.238.122>... > >Yeah, um, but I heard that the SCO porting of Informix is over. There > will be > >no more SCO ports, and Informix is dumping the small end. > > Who/where did you hear from? > Is this in a press release? > Will they port to UnixWare? > SCO claims to have 85% of the Unix market, how can Informix ignore that? > > We are running SCO OpenServer 5 now and will move to UnixWare when the time > is right. Should I be worried??? Depends. If you are not planning to port to 7.x or want the *UDO* option, Informix will still have their latest SCO version available. (7.21 or something.) But its a short term solution. No new fixes or patches, and as your OS comes out with newer versions, incompatability problems may occur. (Remember HP-UX 10.01? ;-) The info is correct and came from two independent sources within Informix. Is it hush hush, wink, wink? Don't know, don't care. Informix doesn't have any accurate demographics of their users, especially the *low end* users on SCO or those who are still running 5.x products. -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* Mike Segel (MS385) */ #include <No_Spam.h> #ifdef OFFENDED_BY_CONTENT The author takes no responsibility for this post. Any resembalence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. -The Management. #endif ***************************** Due to AGIS's Refusal to Act Responsibly We are blocking all of their domains at the packet level. This block will exist until AGIS modifies their policies to conform to existing RFCs and net community standards. We encourage all ISPs and domain holders to do the same. *****************************