Re: Sybase and ORACLE update

In article <2t4it2$gj9_at_lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> stimpy_at_beavis.im.med.umich.edu (Gary L.) writes:
>
> I just called both SyBase and ORACLE....
>
> SyBase sez: (and the lamer I talked to was rude and uninterested
> with even talking to me for a second) "we are not going to support
 NeXTSTEP"
>
> ORACLE sez: (and the lady who I talked to was really nice)
> "we plan on releasing a product soon, but it's not ready yet"
>
> so, my question still stands hey, maybe I am clueless):
> How do I set up a stand-alone system to use DBkit... I'm sorry, but I am
> under the understanding that I need a server to access, that DBkit will
 not
> run alone....

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Pity about sybase, considering that there is a version of SQL Server  
already running on NS black which has become kind of a defacto  
non-supported standard for DBKit applications running in a homogenous Next  
environment.  We use it a lot.

We ran in to that same problem recently.  Here's the low down:

1. Borland's Interbase, which is currently for sale, and the licensing is  
expensive.  you have to license each noe - client and server.  With other  
adaptor supported DBMS's this is not necessary.

2. QuickBase is another alternative; low cost, FAT, and ready to roll, but  
large customers tend to shy away from non-name recognizable DBMS's.  HP  
support is also in the offing. 

3. There's also Gupta's SQL engine.  This one is an unknown to me. 

That's it.  I'd say that Oracle is making a smart move and might be able  
to capture a potentially large market by offering their server on NS.
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