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Re: Informix in the world, need info

Posted By: Carlton Doe
Date: Tuesday, 25 October 2016, at 11:32 p.m.

In Response To: RE: Informix in the world, need info (Andrew Ford)

Oh, and IBM sold it to the Chinese govt as their standard db going forward. Think IBM will walk away from that?

Carlton Doe
dbaresrc@xmission.com

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> On Oct 25, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Andrew Ford <andrew@informix-dba.com> wrote:
>
> "when Informix came they said its a great database but they don't know if
> IBM will try to kill it in favour of DB2" - Who said this? IBM or your
> co-workers?
>
> 12.10, 11.70 and 11.50 don't have an End of Support date set. You can see
> for yourself here:
> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/support/lifecycle/index_by_eos.html
>
> Informix is marked as Enhanced Support so you get a guarantee of 5 years of
> support after the release date (12.1 came out in 2013) plus an additional 3
> years of support after End of Support date.
>
> IBM's Lifecycle Policy here:
> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/lc-policy.html
>
> "Over the past few years we have aggressively moved many of the products in
> our software portfolio to Enhanced '5+3' support - a minimum of five full
> years of standard support from the date the product release was made
> generally available by IBM, with the option to get support extensions for at
> least an additional three years following a product's EOS date for an extra
> charge set by IBM"
>
> So absolute worst case scenario is IBM decides to EOS Informix in March 2018
> giving you until March 2021 of support under the 5 + 3 model, but I
> seriously doubt this worst case scenario will happen.
>
> Informix is alive and IBM isn't going to kill it in favor of DB2. They're
> making easy money on support renewals, why would they kill it?
>
> We've been hearing this crap about IBM killing Informix so they can sell
> more DB2 for what, 15+ years now and it still hasn't happened. Instead, IBM
> has released new major versions 10.0, 11.1, 11.50, 11.70 and 12.1 of
> Informix.
>
> As for big and famous places that use Informix some are more vocal than
> others about their use of Informix for competitive reasons. Have you heard
> of Cisco or China? They are pretty big and famous.
>
> You could also search for salary range for Informix DBAs in Bentonville, AR
> on indeed.com and then Google who employs Informix DBAs in Bentonville, AR.
> They're pretty big and famous.
>
> The Home Depot has sponsored and hosted some local user group events for
> Informix, so that might also tell you something.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> BALBUENA
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 3:34 AM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: Informix in the world, need info [38033]
>
> Yesterday in my work they where choosing bbdd for a new program.
> I wasn't there, but they told me than when Informix came they said its a
> great database but they don't know if IBM will try to kill it in favour of
> DB2.
>
> I need straight facts that shows that is not true, links to IBM news, a list
> of big and famous places where Informix is used, the shinier the better as
> I'm afraid they don't choose because of tecnical qualities (yes, world is
> this
> sad) but for rumors and oracle golden brainwashing summer camps etc, etc.
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Messages In This Thread

• Informix in the world, need info
  JACOBO BALBUENA -- Tuesday, 25 October 2016, at 4:33 a.m.
  • RE: Informix in the world, need info
    Andrew Ford -- Tuesday, 25 October 2016, at 8:02 p.m.
    • Re: Informix in the world, need info
      Carlton Doe -- Tuesday, 25 October 2016, at 11:32 p.m.
      • Re: Informix in the world, need info
        JACOBO BALBUENA -- Wednesday, 26 October 2016, at 3:43 a.m.
        • Re: Informix in the world, need info
          Fernando Nunes -- Wednesday, 26 October 2016, at 5:30 a.m.
  • Re: Informix in the world, need info
    Fernando Nunes -- Wednesday, 26 October 2016, at 5:40 a.m.

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