Re: Help compiling existing Informix Database S/W

Path: emory!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!rivm!earth!llojd From: llojd@earth.rivm.nl (Jan Diesel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.databases Message-ID: <1991Aug22.065333.28618@rivm.nl> Date: 22 Aug 91 06:53:33 GMT References: <1991Aug20.121859.25854@crpmks.uucp> Sender: news@rivm.nl Organization: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene,Bilthoven,NL In article <1991Aug20.121859.25854@crpmks.uucp> marcs@crpmks.uucp (Marc Snyder) writes: [ stuff deleted ] >We have an existing database application running under SCO >Xenix and Informix. The application is stagnant -- it was written four >years ago, and hasn't been modified since. We're considering purchasing >a DecStation 3100 running Ultrix, and buying the Informix software for >that platform and moving the application there. The problem that I'm >having is that Informix is asking for ~$4000 to buy the development >system, that I only need to use once. > What I'm wondering if there isn't another way to do this. The >consultant who wrote the package suggested finding another system near me >with a similar configuration, and compiling the code there. Then, just >bring the executables back, and use them with the run-time system. Is >this illegal? If not, anyone out there that may be able to help? The obvious solution seems to be that either Digital or Informix compiles your code. I wouldnot be surprised if Informix won't cooperate but Digital should (otherwise don't buy DEC :-) [ stuff deleted ] >-- >Marc Snyder UUCP: ...philabs!crpmks!marcs >System Administrator >Ciba-Geigy Corporation >Hawthorne, New York Work: 914.785.2284 Play: 914.347.6440 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan Diesel llojd@rivm.nl National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection Informatics Service Centre P.O.Box 1, 3720 BA BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands. -------------------------------------------------------------------