As a developer, DBA and consultant, I know what a nightmare it is to walk into a site without being able to get your head around the data structures in place. I've started to evaluate SQLSpec, and so far it looks pretty good.

From their website:

Informix on Campus Program

We all heard heard about IBM's revised database strategy directly from IBM executives thru several webcasts or during the IIUG 2008 conference. IDS is now an emancipated data server and is the flagship database for OLTP as well as integrated solutions.

However, from my point of view, there still exists some areas where IDS is handled by IBM like Cinderella. One of these areas is the academic community. For DB2 LUW - the stepsister of IDS - IBM is running a well established DB2 on Campus Program. There is a dedicated IBM team traveling around the world, teaching students DB2 (LUW), helping them to build communities and giving the incentives when becoming a DB2 ambassador. You can read more about it here:

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Newsletter Sonderausgabe

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich eine Sonderausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters, die die ab 01.10.2008 geänderten Prozeduren im Bereich des IBM Informix Supports beschreibt. Bitte beachten Sie die wichtigen Änderungen.

• Sonderausgabe September 2008
• Umzug IBM Informix Support