Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:49:06 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: markd@Grizzly.COM (Mark Diekhans) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Possible Commercial app for FreeBSD. Message-ID: <199610230419.NAA23746@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199610230321.UAA00727@osprey.grizzly.com> from "Mark Diekhans" at Oct 22, 96 08:21:56 pm
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Mark Diekhans stands accused of saying: > > Get one of the industrial-strength databases (sybase or oracle) and it will > open whole new worlds to using FreeBSD. AFAIR, Sybase for SCO runs quite happily under the iBCS2 emulation. I also had dBase IV almost-running here; I know Steven Wallace made it work, but I haven't had time to pursue it lately. I don't know if you'd call dBase "industrial strength", but the local electrical utility uses it exclusively (400,000+ customers, etc.). > IMHO. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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