Re: Canvassing opinion - from RDS version 4 to wha

Posted in 1998

W. H. SMITH — Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:59:09 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

David Williams wrote: > > 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). > That confused me. I called Informix, who in turn referred me to my sales rep. He hadn't heard about any 7.2x version, as 6.1x is due to be released. 6.1x wasn't even on the list. The upgrade to 6.1x will a big step in ensuring Y2K compliance with our 4gl apps.