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- From: aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix,comp.databases,comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Informix for SVR4
- Keywords: informix intel svr4 esix dell microport
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.011000.6528@informix.com>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 01:10:00 GMT
- References: <296@praeda.UUCP.UUCP>
- Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News)
- Followup-To: comp.databases.informix
- Organization: Enterprise Technology Center, Informix Software, Inc.
- Lines: 43
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- In article <296@praeda.UUCP.UUCP> tlee@praeda.UUCP.UUCP (Terry Lee) writes:
- >Is anyone out there using Informix products on a vanilla SVR4 for intel
- >PC's .... ei. dell, esix or microport?
- >
- >If so, what o/s and informix products? Any problems?
- >
- >Several dicussions with Informix sales and tech support have turned up
- >nothing useful in this regard. The party line seems to be that the
- >ATT SVR4 r 2.1 & 3.0 ports for the Star Server and 6386 should run, but
- >Informix will not recommend or support it!
-
- The "party line", in this case, is correct. The only platform that port
- has been tested on is AT&T SVR4 R2.1 on the 6386 or StarServer.
-
- The only problem I've encountered on others is that the 5.0 products
- (the original acceptance port; there has since been a new 5.0 port that
- I haven't tried) wouldn't install on Consensys 1.2 (SVR4 R3.0), seemingly
- due to a botch in how the pkgadm stuff was set up that AT&T SVR4 R2.1
- didn't mind. Whether that problem would exist on other SVR4 3.0
- variants, I don't know. Whether it was resolved in the later port, I
- also don't know (but I doubt it). 4.1 products were OK (in my limited
- testing), as they didn't use pkgadm at that time.
-
- >I guess maybe someone on the net (possibly an Informix employee) may have
- >some first hand knowledge?
- >
- >Thanks in advance!
-
- I've repeatedly lobbied for support for some of the others (especially Dell
- SVR4), but I'm always told that "the market isn't asking for it". So, be
- sure to tell your sales critter that you exist! [-:
-
- My own opinions, etc. etc. Followups to comp.databases.informix.
-
- --
- Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
-
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