Re: Running Informix on 2 different Servers in parrallel

"Ben Thompson" <ben@nomonitorsoftspam.com> wrote in message news:10s070nqi9utl9f@corp.supernews.com... > Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > >> Speed? Better diagnostics (I mean much, much, *much*, _*much*_ better >> diagnostics)? New features? I mean, would you advocate that someone who >> was happy on 7.23 stayed there if 7.31 was available? Even if you >> discount >> large chunks and extensibility, there is a load of new stuff in the 9.x >> code stream. > > An upgrade to 7.31 from 7.23 is free, if you have support. An upgrade to > 9.x from 7.x is not. Also 7.23 is not supported, 7.31 is. > > I agree with you on the speed and diagnostics and maybe these might be a > good enough response to the "why should I /pay/ for this upgrade?" > question. Is "these might be" good enough when the uplift is '60k or more ? Don't get me wrong. If a user is thinking of buying new licences I urge them to buy v9 (bizzarely, although there is a substantial trade-up cost for v7->v9 licences, the cost of *new* v7 and v9 licences is identical).