I agree. Get a Linux system and a 1 user license of Universe. Both combined should cost under $1000.00.
You can even use the Linux system as a remote printer server for a parallel / serial / usb printer, or beef up the drives in the Linux system, and use it for online backups or a mail/fax gateway. George >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jay Falck >Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:46 AM >To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >Subject: [U2] RE: > > >I have experienced this same need in the past and found it to be much >cheaper to upgrade Universe to a newer version with as few licenses as >possible. In my case, I know the data structure and just >maintain a copy of >the data without the application. If you have the source code for the >application you should be able to just re-compile the >application and be >good to go for several more years. All in all, a great deal >less expensive >than trying to migrate the data to another home. > >My $0.02. > >Jay > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wong, Howard >Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:46 AM >To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' >Subject: > >To all, > >I posted to the Chatter forum but was advise that the mail >list would have >wider audience for my question. My original post. In a >nutshell, we know >nothing about UniVerse, but need to keep the data and move >them to a newer >server, Unix or otherwise. > >Our plan is to convert the data into a mainstream DBMS, e.g. >SQL Server, >DB2, etc. But further research after my original post >indicates that it will >be very involved. Since we don't know how the data is >organised in the DB, >we have to assume for the worst case. I'm afraid multivalues >and subvalues >will trip us up. Updating to a new version of UniVerse is >probably going to >solve the problem, but I doubt the manager would have the >appetite to spend >good money just to be able to read the very old data. > >Please read the original post for details,. Again, any help is much >appreciated. > >Sincerely, >Howard Wong >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Original Post: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >We have a very old Unix server that has to be decommissioned. >On it is an >application that has long since been migrated to a newer app and UNIX >platform. This old app is kept around for reference, and is not being >actively updated. > >We have to replace the old Unix box, so the old app has to migrate too. >Trouble is the app uses a database called VMark, which no one >around here >knows anything about. > >I did some research on the Net and it seems that VMark was a >company name, >and its database product was UniVerse. Further searches >brought me to this >site. > >Am I on the right track? Can someone tell me if: >1) My understanding of VMark (a vendor) and UniVerse (the >DBMS) correct? >2) If (1) is good, then is the IBM UniVerse DB the successor >of the VMark >UniVerse DB? >3) If (2) is correct, then is there any tool or utilities that >can either >(a) extract the structure and content of the database and >perhaps migrate >them to another DBMS (Unix or Windows), or (b) let us understand the >structure and content of the DB? > >Any help is much appreciated. Please feel free to email me. > >Sincerely, >Howard >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >------- >u2-users mailing list >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >------- >u2-users mailing list >u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
