From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 23 0:54:55 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 23 00:54:53 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D55AA37B402 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 00:54:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.77.116] (helo=buffy.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 149kS2-0001Yo-00; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 08:54:51 +0000 Received: (from cliff@localhost) by buffy.raggedclown.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id eBN8pKn02443; Sat, 23 Dec 2000 09:51:20 +0100 Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 09:51:20 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: igorr@crosswinds.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD for Power Builder v6.5 application software Message-ID: <20001223095120.A2438@buffy.raggedclown.net> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001222230952.009eca40@mail.fil.net> <20001223113854.E4327@linux.rainbow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001223113854.E4327@linux.rainbow>; from igor@raduga.dyndns.org on Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:38:54AM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 11:38:54AM +0300, Igor Robul wrote: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 11:19:15PM +0800, TGR wrote: > > We heard about the marvels of your software. We are asking from your good > > self if FreeBSD can support our Power Builder v6.5 application software and > > Sybase SQL Anywhere as our database engine? > While I very like FreeBSD, and Sybase ASE 11.9.2 (I have not tried ASA) > will work on FreeBSD in Linux emulation mode, also Sybase has ASE11.0.3 > which is _free_ and they have optimized for FreeBSD Linux binary. > But I don't recommend you use FreeBSD for Sybase database server. Look > at Solaris (AFAIK Solaris 8, both Intel and Sparc is free for use on > systems which have from 1 to 8 processors) > > We do have a very efficient operation by next year. I wonder if you give > > me some advice. > Also, AFAIK PowerBuilder is Windows only. > > > -- > Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", > Sochi, Russia > http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message