Re: Informix 4GL and NT Server?

"kanca" <Zkanca@ibm.net> wrote: : : :Hello, : :We are considering purchasing a piece of software that is written in Informix 4GL. The firm selling the software would like to :also sell us a UNIX server to run it on. As we are running a network of NT Servers, I would like to avoid introducing a new type :of OS into the network if at all possible. If these people are doing only a half deasent job you need not worry much. A well set up Unix server for a single application would hardly need any management. It's possible to set up such a server so all you would need to do is change backup tapes every morning. This does of course require that adding and removing users is completely handled by the application as it should be. When properly set up there shouldn't be much that goes wrong and needs to be fixed. If that does happen, your supplier should be able to fix most of it via a simple dial in via a modem. If you ever get major problems you must make sure they can come on site resonably fast. The key issue is that you, or your organisation, should have virtually no management tasks to do at all. This isn't like a network of MS Windows or Unix workstations that has to be constantly managed. Talk to the company and ask them if they can guarantee such a senario. :I tried searching through the Informix web site, but I could not find any information on whether or not Informix 4GL is supported :on Windows NT. Could someone please let me know if this is possible or not? : :Also, do we, as the end users of this software, need to purchase Informix 4GL licenses in order to use this software? We have no :intention of developing anything in Informix 4GL. : :I would greatly appreciate it if you could answer any of these questions. : :thank you, :Deniz Akkus akkus@ibm.net : :PS. I will check the newsgroup, but would be delighted if you could send me email -- sometimes I get the newsfeed rather late it :seems. : : Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org