From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 22 21:20:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA02624 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA02613 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:20:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA23746; Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:49:07 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610230419.NAA23746@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Possible Commercial app for FreeBSD. To: markd@Grizzly.COM (Mark Diekhans) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:49:06 +0930 (CST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199610230321.UAA00727@osprey.grizzly.com> from "Mark Diekhans" at Oct 22, 96 08:21:56 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[