Do Library Automation Vendors use a Standard DBMS like ORACLE?
From: Ramakrishna Polamraju <rvp2f_at_poe.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 16:40:01 GMT
Message-ID: <CHF2Ap.5qL_at_murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 16:40:01 GMT
Message-ID: <CHF2Ap.5qL_at_murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
I have a question regarding what commercial DBMSs are used by the major library automation vendors. Some of my questions are:
- Who are the major vendors for library automation ?
- Do those vendors build their library schemas on top of some commercial DBMS like DB2, RDB, ORACLE, SYBASE, INFORMIX, INGRES or do they use their own DBMS (relational I presume)?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of not using a standard DBMS for a particular application? Are there some database applications where they do not use a standard DBMS? I heard NCR supplies a database application for Grocery Stores which does not use a standard DBMS.
Thanks a lot.
Prasad Polamraju
rvp2f_at_virginia.edu
Received on Thu Dec 02 1993 - 17:40:01 CET