Growth Edition x WorkGroup Edition
Question: is there a real difference between Informix "Growth Edition" and "Workgroup Edition" (11.70.FC8 on Linux), and is it the same binary? Answer from the list: it's essentially just a marketing rename. Workgroup was renamed Growth around 11.50.FC7, and Growth became Workgroup again in 12.10, so 11.70 only ships as Growth Edition — there is no 11.70 Workgroup Edition. The editions are meant to be equivalent/interchangeable, with the renaming driven by aligning (or differentiating) Informix naming with DB2. Thread then drifts into off-topic banter.
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Hy, everyone. Is there a big diferencie between Growth Edition x WorkGroup Edition in 11.7 FC8 for Linux ? Is it the same binary file ? Thanks a lot André Luiz Rufino > To: ids@iiug.org > From: tom@advancedatatools.com > Subject: Informix Fantasy (American) Football League - 2015 [35523] > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:29:28 -0400 > > This year we are bringing back the (Un)official IIUG fantasy football > league. If you would be interested in joining please email me off-list. > > We had a great group of folks playing last year, it was won by Arman > Prescott after a very close playoff bracket. > > For those that have not played before, the game itself is about drafting > a team of players and deciding who plays and who sits out each week, > gaining points for them gaining yards, receptions, points, etc. Then you > go head to head with someone else each week and whoever can get more > points wins. The end of the season there is a playoff and the winner is > whoever wins it out. > > The league itself is free and purely for fun. It takes about an hour a > week to set up your team and make substitutions as necessary. There is > an initial draft period that will be held later in the month of August > which if you can't make you can pre-plan rankings and the computer will > pick based on those. We will be limiting it to 14 teams, so very much > first come first served. Half of the folks playing last year had never > played before and it is fairly quick to pick up. > > As a disclaimer, this is not sponsored by, nor directly endorsed by, the > IIUG or Advanced DataTools Corporation. > > For interest or questions please email me off the list at: > tom@advancedatatools.com > > -- > _________________________________________ > Thomas Beebe > Advanced DataTools Corporation > 4216 Evergreen Lane, Suite 126, Annandale, VA 22003 > 703.256.0267 x106 (work) > 571.339.9029 (cell) > 703.256.2660 (fax) > http://www.advancedatatools.com > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >
There is no 11.70.FC8 Workgroup Edition. Growth Edition was introduced with 11.50.FC7, replacing Workgroup Edition at that time. In 12.10, Growth Edition has been replaced by Workgroup Edition. In 11.70 there is only Growth Edition, no Workgroup Edition. There shouldn't be much differences, as these Editions were supposed to replace each other.
No. Mostly it is a name change to bring Informix Edition naming in line with DB2 Edition naming (interesting thing is this was changed from Workgroup to Growth several years ago to differentiate Informix Editions from DB2 Editions <sigh>). Gotta love IBM logic. Art Art S. Kagel, President and Principal Consultant ASK Database Management www.askdbmgt.com Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:46 AM, André Luiz Rufino <andre_rufino@msn.com> wrote: > Hy, everyone. > > Is there a big diferencie between Growth Edition x WorkGroup Edition in > 11.7 > FC8 for Linux ? Is it the same binary file ? > > Thanks a lot > > André Luiz Rufino > > To: ids@iiug.org > > From: tom@advancedatatools.com > > Subject: Informix Fantasy (American) Football League - 2015 [35523] > > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:29:28 -0400 > > > > This year we are bringing back the (Un)official IIUG fantasy football > > league. If you would be interested in joining please email me off-list. > > > > We had a great group of folks playing last year, it was won by Arman > > Prescott after a very close playoff bracket. > > > > For those that have not played before, the game itself is about drafting > > a team of players and deciding who plays and who sits out each week, > > gaining points for them gaining yards, receptions, points, etc. Then you > > go head to head with someone else each week and whoever can get more > > points wins. The end of the season there is a playoff and the winner is > > whoever wins it out. > > > > The league itself is free and purely for fun. It takes about an hour a > > week to set up your team and make substitutions as necessary. There is > > an initial draft period that will be held later in the month of August > > which if you can't make you can pre-plan rankings and the computer will > > pick based on those. We will be limiting it to 14 teams, so very much > > first come first served. Half of the folks playing last year had never > > played before and it is fairly quick to pick up. > > > > As a disclaimer, this is not sponsored by, nor directly endorsed by, the > > IIUG or Advanced DataTools Corporation. > > > > For interest or questions please email me off the list at: > > tom@advancedatatools.com > > > > -- > > _________________________________________ > > Thomas Beebe > > Advanced DataTools Corporation > > 4216 Evergreen Lane, Suite 126, Annandale, VA 22003 > > 703.256.0267 x106 (work) > > 571.339.9029 (cell) > > 703.256.2660 (fax) > > http://www.advancedatatools.com > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001a113df88e46e4d2051ba099cb
As per Wolfgang and Art .. We used to have Enterprise and Workgroup. In 2010-ish this was re-branded as Ultimate and Growth. (Our then pre-sales administrator said they suggested to her sizes of condom rather than software versions!) In 2013-ish it went back to Enterprise and Workgroup. Now it would seem Workgroup is Growth again. They should be interchangeable; it's just marketing blurb. Obviously IBM is busy grappling with the major issues facing Informix ;-)
Yes major issues like being the only product line IBM has that increased sales and profits this year! Really screws up their planning. B^) Art On Jul 24, 2015 3:15 PM, "NEIL TRUBY" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote: > As per Wolfgang and Art .. > > We used to have Enterprise and Workgroup. > > In 2010-ish this was re-branded as Ultimate and Growth. (Our then pre-sales > administrator said they suggested to her sizes of condom rather than > software > versions!) > > In 2013-ish it went back to Enterprise and Workgroup. > > Now it would seem Workgroup is Growth again. They should be > interchangeable; > it's just marketing blurb. > > Obviously IBM is busy grappling with the major issues facing Informix ;-) > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --001a113fe428fc395c051ba3f2a6
Oooh please share more Good News!! We in the former colonial power are excluded from any detailed info on Informix's performance within IBM (or to be fair any specific product's performance).
On 07/24/2015 02:34 PM, NEIL TRUBY wrote: > Oooh please share more Good News!! > > We in the former colonial power are excluded from any detailed info on > Informix's performance within IBM (or to be fair any specific product's > performance). > I could contribute to that statement, but It might make some people on the list (IBM ) mad. > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >
Ok, guys. Thanks a lot. > To: ids@iiug.org > From: art.kagel@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Growth Edition x WorkGroup Edition [35529] > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:24:17 -0400 > > Yes major issues like being the only product line IBM has that increased > sales and profits this year! Really screws up their planning. B^) > > Art > On Jul 24, 2015 3:15 PM, "NEIL TRUBY" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote: > > > As per Wolfgang and Art .. > > > > We used to have Enterprise and Workgroup. > > > > In 2010-ish this was re-branded as Ultimate and Growth. (Our then pre-sales > > administrator said they suggested to her sizes of condom rather than > > software > > versions!) > > > > In 2013-ish it went back to Enterprise and Workgroup. > > > > Now it would seem Workgroup is Growth again. They should be > > interchangeable; > > it's just marketing blurb. > > > > Obviously IBM is busy grappling with the major issues facing Informix ;-) > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > --001a113fe428fc395c051ba3f2a6 > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >