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Dear INFORMIX,

Excuse me for asking, but I'm confused...

You said you'd have a downloadable Workgroup Server for July,1996.

WHERE IS IT?

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> Dear INFORMIX,

> Excuse me for asking, but I'm confused...

> You said you'd have a downloadable Workgroup Server for July,1996.

> WHERE IS IT?

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Ciao,

Billy

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:-)

The journey continues...  I had a report running and had a moment to transcribe
this ascii shockwave simulation...hope the tabs don't*it up too much...

:-)

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VISUAL                                   AUDIO

WIDE ANGLE SHOT OF                       CAPCOM: This is mission control,
MISSION CONTROL ROOM                     we've heard nothing yet... uh, coming
                                         up on 17 days into the scheduled
                                         download, and informix astronauts are
                                         still in a, uh, communications
                                         blackout.  
                                         We're not sure what the problem is,
                                         and still trying to get through...
                                         we'll be talking with
FADE IN CAPTION AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN:     Phil White shortly, to try and get a
                                         comment on this situation...
Next scheduled event:  Live video feed
from Menlo Park, interview with Phil     INFORMIX mission control, do you read?

FADE OUT Mission Control

FADE IN Menlo Park

TALKING HEAD OF PHIL WHITE               Phil: Ub, well, er I guess we're on
VIDEO SIGNAL SPUTTERING                         now?
                                         Background audio:  Not yet Phil, not
                                                                yet...
                                         3, 2, 1 you're on... go man GO

                                         Phil:  Oh, well, guess we're on... heh
                                         heh... well, guess you're probably
                                         wondering what the delay is, and uh,
                                         well, quite frankly the problem is
SCREEN GOES BLANK

...about a minute later...

CUT TO
WIDE ANGLE SHOT OF                       CAPCOM: This is mission control,
MISSION CONTROL ROOM                     we've heard nothing yet... uh, coming
                                         up on 17 days into the scheduled
                                         download, and informix astronauts are
                                         still in a, uh, communications
                                         blackout.  
                                         We're not sure what the problem is,
                                         and still trying to get through...
                                         we'll be talking with
FADE IN CAPTION AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN:     Phil White shortly, to try and get a
                                         comment on this situation...
Next scheduled event:  Live video feed
from Menlo Park, interview with Phil     INFORMIX, mission control do you read?

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Seek and ye shall find! The Workgroup Server has been downloadable since
June 24, 1996.  The address is:

http://www.informix.com/wgs

Feel free to go and get it.

Christine M. Shannon
International User Group Liaison
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Quote:>Dear INFORMIX,

>Excuse me for asking, but I'm confused...

>You said you'd have a downloadable Workgroup Server for July,1996.

>WHERE IS IT?

:-)

If you go over to the page, there ain't no download.  Just a note that
it will be available "July 1996".  Now, according to my calendar we're
kinda in the middle of the month.  OR maybe I need some kind of special
Web Browser to get it.

INFORMIX mission control, do you read?

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OK, OK, just when I think I can answer something technical, I realize why I
usually use the phrase, "I'm not technical but..", before every sentence.

The web site does say that WorkGroup Server is downloadable.  And as you
have noticed, it is not. Here is what you must do to get the demo product:

information:

Your Name
Company
Mailing address
Phone Number

She will then send you a copy of the product on a CD.  Chiyomi said the CDs
will be available for shipping at the end of July. (like Billy said, there
are still a few days left in the month!)

Sorry about the false start.  

Christine M. Shannon
International User Group Liaison
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Thanks Christine!

As you probably know, my request is already in the mail...  

I look forward to seeing the CD <gulp> soon, and the web page updated...  

:-)

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:OK, OK, just when I think I can answer something technical, I realize why I
:usually use the phrase, "I'm not technical but..", before every sentence.

:The web site does say that WorkGroup Server is downloadable.  And as you
:have noticed, it is not. Here is what you must do to get the demo product:

:information:

:Your Name
:Company
:Mailing address
:Phone Number

:She will then send you a copy of the product on a CD.  Chiyomi said the CDs
:will be available for shipping at the end of July. (like Billy said, there
:are still a few days left in the month!)

:Sorry about the false start.  

To one of the great persons at Informix (among many):

Although you are not on the technical side may be you can relay to
those who are that when you have something downloadable you should
also post it on your ftp-site. (And remember to ask them to spell out
the location on the download web page so we can find it.)

The reason is that I (and many others) arent able to download anything
of any significant size using the Netscape browser. It simply quits
the download after some time without any error messages. This is the
case when I tried to download the "User assistance site" (even the
small version without Doc Library).

This isn't something special with the Informix site, but universal at
every site I try to download more than a few hundred kilobyte from.
In all such cases using a specialized ftp program where an ftp server
have been available for the same download has been successfull.

Thanks in advance.

By the way I still assume that all this super stuff will be included
on the CD-ROM the attendees at the conference are supposed to receive
so those who where there doesn't realy need to download at all.

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