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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Icarus Studios switches from mySQL to Informix]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fallen-earth/" rel="tag">Fallen Earth</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/02/logo-icarus-studios.jpg" alt="" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.icarusstudios.com/">Icarus Studios</a>, an MMO middleware developer specializing in zoneless next-gen MMO platform technology has made the shift to migrate their underlying tech away from widely used open-source SQL database, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mysql.com/">mySQL</a>, and instead has migrated to <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/ibm/">IBM's</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/ids/">Informix Dynamic Server</a>.</p>
<p>Icarus was able to switch from mySQL to Informix rapidly and apparently fairly painlessly, with <a target="_blank" href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fallen-earth"><em>Fallen Earth</em></a> - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fallenearth.com/">a post-apocalyptic MMORPG built in Icarus' middleware</a> - running on the new high-performance database systems.</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Icarus Studios switches from mySQL to Informix</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/">Icarus Studios switches from mySQL to Informix</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/02/icarus-partners.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1118311/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/19/icarus-studios-switches-from-mysql-to-informix/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>fallen-earth</category><category>ibm</category><category>icarus-studios</category><category>informix</category><category>informix-dynamic-server</category><category>james-hettinger</category><category>jim-hettinger</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>mmo-industry</category><category>mysql</category><category>second-life</category><category>virtual-worlds</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
