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From: Christoff Snijders <hjcs@portal.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Informix & FreeBSD - anyone done it
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 08:03:17 -0800
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Darren Edgerton wrote:
>
> gidday,
>
> im intending to install FreeBSD on my PC this coming weekend, for three
> reasons
> 1. i want/need a unix OS
> 2. FreeBSD seems to be the better option over Linux
> 3. i want to run an Informix V5.x database
>
> Question ?
> Has anyone installed an Informix DB on FreeBSD before ?
> If so pls let me know any tricks etc that will ensure a successfull
> installation.
>
> i have heard that FreeBSD is SCO compatible, is this so ?
> if so, is all i need a version of Informix ported for SCO ?
>
> thanks in advance
> Darren Edgerton
I e-mailed Informix about exactly this question. Here's the
correspondence:
My original message to Informix:
Subject: You're Product information Item # 826827371
Name: Christoff Snijders
Email: hjcs@portal.ca
*************************
`Information about Informix products` Thu Mar 14 10:16:11 PST 1996
I am running BSD UNIX on an Intel 120MHz
single-processor Pentium system. I was wondering
whether Informix-SE would run under BSD 4.4 Lite
(a.k.a. FreeBSD--to my knowledge System V and
POSIX-compliant), and, if so, what the cost of
purchasing a two-user version (for development
purposes). I would also require Informix-ESQL
for C and C++.
Thank you for your attention.
Christoff Snijders.
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Informix's Reply:
Subject:
Re: Informix WWW Server comments
Date:
Fri, 15 Mar 96 10:23:23 CST
From:
Elan Lantz <elantz@informix.com>
To:
hjcs@portal.ca
CC:
elantz@informix.com (Elan Lantz), lovina@informix.com (Lovina
Finders)
Dear Christoff,
Informix does not support BSD UNIX. Informix-SE is available on other
flavors of UNIX, including SCO, Unixware, Solaris X86, in addition to
Windows 3.1 and NT 3.5.
Thanks for your interest in Informix.
Elan Lantz, Marketing Response Group, Lenexa KS
elantz@informix.com 800.331.1763 x4062