Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:28:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Possible Commercial app for FreeBSD. Message-ID: <199610230428.VAA03592@osprey.grizzly.com> In-Reply-To: <199610230419.NAA23746@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> (message from Michael Smith on Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:49:06 %2B0930 (CST))
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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. WOW!!! Is this running with raw disk partations? This is pretty much a requirement for someone setting up a serious database. >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.). While DBase is very useful, it doesn't hold up to the speed, capacity and reliability of Sybase or Oracle.
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