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Why does ODBC ROUTER require a Windows server?

April 26, 2017ODBC require Router server Windows

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Why does ODBC ROUTER require a Windows server?

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We designed the server part of ODBC ROUTER to run exclusively on Windows because that platform has well supported ODBC drivers for hundreds of database systems. The client part of ODBC ROUTER will run on Macs, PCs and Linux to access any database through (or on) the Windows server. What about our UNIX, mainframe and minicomputer data? SQL database vendors (including Sybase, Informix, CA-Ingres, IBM and others) support Windows as a client platform in each and every new release of their software. (COBOL, PL/I and VSAM legacy data files are supported by Liant and others.) ODBC ROUTER extends this support to your networks of Macs, PCs and Linux machines.