I am reposting this - there were some formatting issues with the last post !

Entitlements/Existing Contracts

Q. When are the new Informix pricing and packaging changes effective and what version?

A. The new changes are effective May 25, 2010. The version is 11.50xc7.

 
Q.  How does this new Informix pricing and packaging announcements impact my existing entitlements and contracts?

A. Customers entitlements will be automatically migrated to equivalent new entitlements, see next few questions.
 

 Hi All,

As a follow up on my german posting about the new Informix pricing and packaging announcement, you'll find some links below with more detailed information about these exciting IBM Informix offerings:

(german content)

Im Nachgang zur Veröffentlichung der kostenlosen Informix-Varianten hier noch der Link zu einem Newstickereintrag auf heise.de von gestern:

• Kostenfreies Informix fuer den Produktiveinsatz

Schön, dass nun auch über Informix gesprochen wird !

On May 25th IBM announced they will be repackaging their Informix Dynamic Server offerings.

Enterprise Edition, Workgroup Edition are enjoying a well deserved retirement and have been replaced with two new options: Ultimate Edition and Growth Edition. Developer Edition, the unpaid intern, is still around.

 Yesterday I posted an entry summarizing the new packaging and editions of Informix. One thing I forgot to mention was the version - all these announced editions are Informix 11.5xc7.

Hi. In the last IIUG conference I had the chance of talking to some Brazilian members of the Informix community and they gave me the idea that there is an high demand for Portuguese content. When I started the blog I decided to do it in English (and that was not an easy decision because I'm not that confident about my English) for two main reasons:

Listen to Lester Knutsen from Advanced Data Tools and Gary Proctor and Nick Geib from IBM when they talk about how easy it is to run an Informix database cluster on IBM Bladeserver hardware:

 So as I'm messing around with the Informix Ultimate-C edition for Mac, I also am looking at CSDK 3.50 too. And while there is nothing wrong with the product, it does make me wonder what else a Developer might like to see with the product. In out (C)lient (S)oftware (D)evelopment (K)it we have the following:

  As an existing "fan" of Informix, all of us heard it at  the
International Informix User Group Conference, (IIUG)  we asked about it,
we speculated and finally it's here. Informix, yes -  not "Informix
Dynamic Server" - has a new name, new look, new pricing and
packaging. Before I delve into the specifics here , a pointer to the
announcement and the web pages: