> "Denham, Mark" <Mark.Denham@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1072.1210253144.20610.informix-list@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I'm not sure that makes IDS unique....i've seen other vendors do this.
> Typically they all copy each other!
> I thought IBM changed the way the s/w was licensed so that you didn't
> "buy" the product at all. Rather you pay maintenance...aka lease the
s/w.
> > I also thought that under these terms if you stopped paying
maintenance
> you should stop using the s/w.
> It's been a long time since i've had to bother about such details.
Happy you! We are working also with Oracle and MSSQL. Both have many week
points but both give:
- easy access to developement versions of engine
- FREE and immediate and easy to find access to patches
I always liked informix and promoted it in client talks. But now I have no
more sentiment...
> -----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of piotrek
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:13 AM
> To: informix-list@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: reliability?
>
>
>
> "piotrek" <piotrUSUN_T_O110@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:fvufun$d14$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > one more short question:
> > How to obtain fix?
> > Sure - I can find it on fixcentral but as far as I know our
> client has no
> > more active sup****t...
> >
>
> In other words:
> is it true that we have to pay extra for any (even most
> critical) fix to
> IDS??
> If so - this makes Informix an unique rdbms (or any other) software
> vendor...
> Especially taking into account IDS buggynes....
>
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