Parallels 7 w/ MacLook and Coherence mode is great! If you’re a mac user needing Windows apps, check it out. #Informix
January 26, 2012
GREAT to have SecureCRT available for the Mac from Van Dyke Software. It has been and still is the best term emulator product! #Informix
January 12, 2012
For years I practically begged to get some of the crucial XPS features ported to IDS. It did start at 11.5 I believe, including light scans on tables with varchars, and a great one – the ploader, and more. Finally at a client where I get to play with the ploader – you’ll know it… [Read more…]
November 29, 2011
Onsite at a large client … similar databases. Oracle DBA’s = 7; Informix DBA’s = 1 (me). Getting 7X normal $$ rate – priceless. #Informix
September 23, 2011
Having a blast bringing a small group of Online 5 users all the way up to Informix 11.5. Spent the week teaching my version of the IDS Sys Admin and DBA combo class. What an odd environment though – once the engine is setup, it won’t be changed most likely for years due to compliance… [Read more…]
August 10, 2011
Finally inked a 1-week IDS class in mid-September that has been in the making for 2 years, believe it or not. Wrote the proposal with my previous company, and 2 years later the client responded asking for the class (through the old company – no, I didn’t poach it). Will be a blast to teach… [Read more…]
August 10, 2011
Getting ready to start a 6-month Informix assignment. Ya … I’m all wound up! Should be a great time. Some remote, some onsite – incredible.
July 27, 2011
When it rains it pours (to be original) – 3 IFMX opptys on the table: 1 full-time, 2 contract, 2 in the US, 1 overseas. Excited! #Informix
July 23, 2011
Odd times out there for Informix. IBM is currently doing an “11.7 Technical Roadshow” around the country. The Informix twitter account posts once or twice a day. The name “IDS” is now just “Informix”, and hasn’t included “DB2″ in the name for quite some time now. I don’t think it’s even “IBM Informix” anymore, but… [Read more…]
July 16, 2011
Received a call from a distributor asking if I did 4GL education, to which of course I said “sorry – I don’t.” Never really had a reason to learn it over all these years. I commented to him that “many people say it’s no longer around.” He laughed and said his company has a couple… [Read more…]
February 3, 2012
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