[Oracle/Sybase/FOXPROD/dBASEIV

Dear Oracle Experts:
Of course there are alternatvies available to Oracle. Please excuse my light knowledge of the entire subject. What would you reccommend to design a Video-Store Movie-Check-Out System to be run on Windows NT.
This database will be shared by 10 users, each user at 5 to 10 miles distance connected through a network(Novell or Windows NT). Of course many experts will say first choice as Oracle.(But small business cannot afford DBA!). And regarding Sybase (I hope the tools are available as inexpensively and seamlessly as my next choice). The third option is Multiuser dBASEIV( Which any one can program and does not need DBA and the applications can run Windows 3.1). Of course, the experts favor FOXPRO 2.5 as it is supposed to be more robust and easily integerated in Microsoft products.[Being Microsoft product now].
The other option is Microsoft Access which I am not clear if can do multiuser applications.
I personally know SQL embedded in COBOL, C, dBASEIV. As a developer, I own ORACLE 6.0, DBASEIV 1.5, Microsoft ACCESS. I have a budget of about $600 worth of tools for this project. God bless you. I am standing on crossroads: to use proffessional's tools like ORACLE (Not many users can afford to pay $$$$ to ORACLE Corp. for very expensive licenses) or better start on Sybase route which will be a winner in the long run. The other option is to use good old
dBASEIV or get competitive upgrade to FOXPRO 2.5 and develop applications on Microsoft FOXPRO for Windows. Rather than my questions, these are the concerns of the affordability, dependability, managability for small bussiness users. We all know, with Windows NT the world will be rushing for computerisation of small businesses. And let us start gearing for that. I appreciate your guidance and advice.
God Bless Everyone,
with regards,
PAUL CHAHAL
chahalps_at_netcom.com
(408) 270-0599 Received on Sun Aug 22 1993 - 07:00:44 CEST