Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Oct 1997 08:42:41 -0500 | From | Allanah Myles <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.0 and 2.1 stability.. |
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Pete Harlan wrote: > Barring reading 1e6 messages from the archives, or reading 6e4 lines > of source, if someone's keeping track of new features a post here > might save a lot of grief.
Again, this was why I brought up the notion of a linux-kernel-announce list, but that seemed unlikely. Simply posting a "up to date" features list would be equally useful.
> (For example, I'm wondering if the raw disk access that was slated for > 2.2 has, in fact, made the cut. It's one of those features that DB > Vendors like to list as a reason why they don't want to port. > (Informix very recently brought this up.))
Has Informix actually made a public statement as to why they aren't interested in porting to Linux? When I was on the phone with one of their tech people, the feeling he gave me was that Linux wouldn't be ported to for lack of serious commercial support (as in: if the problem is not in Informix's code, they have no way of remedying the problem without actually debugging non-Informix code, which they are not prepared to do.) Unlike commercial OS's, in which there is clearly an organization of people who are financially responsible for the product, Linux has no such organization who a commercial software vendor can say: "it's a problem in your code," and refer the irate customer to bug that vendor's support personnel.
If you've been told that it's simply a features-issue of the kernel that is keeping Informix back, hell, I'll work on whatever features they feel are prerequisite to a Linux port. *grin*
I would love to see an Informix port to x86/linux. I'm assuming since sparc/linux has SunOS binary compatibility, that sparc/linux will run Informix just fine (?), but I haven't had any verified instances where people are running Informix on sparc/linux.
As it stands, I currently develop for Informix under AIX, and may possibly be doing it on a Unisys box, and an HP-9000. I'd like to be able to build my own test/development environment with x86/linux + informix if possible (just to cut costs of building my own development environment).
-Dossy
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