Re: Informix and Linux opinions/who is running production

Posted in 2004

Tim Schaefer — Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:43:05 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I have no "facts" to post. I simply asked a question, why would you buy Sun hardware or software? Sun swore they wouldn't do x86, and guess where they are now? OEM'ing SuSE in China, and selling x86 boxes. So I'm curious why anyone would buy Sun products. I fail to see how they are going to remain in business outside of China. Tim "Gary Quiring" <gquiring@msn.com> wrote in message news:4vlk2058egt6kiicf9sdj5fk95d26qrui1@4ax.com... > On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:31:57 -0500, "Tim Schaefer" > <tim@spamethnot.com> wrote: > > >Why would you buy Sun hardware or software? > > Either post the facts or don't bother. I am a Sun and Linux shop. I > have no problems with Linux doing sendmail, DNS, Apache and some other > services. But when it comes to an Informix DB and multiple CPU (SMP) > I do wonder if it is the right choice. > > Just the fact that IBM has yet to fix the SDK for Linux to allow > programs like PHP to compile makes me wonder how serious they are > about Informix and Linux. The problem has existed for over a year and > no fix. > > Gary Quiring > >