From owner-freebsd-hackers  Tue Oct 22 21:28:29 1996
Return-Path: owner-hackers
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA03517
          for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:28:29 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from scruz.net (nic.scruz.net [165.227.1.2])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA03494
          for <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:28:25 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from osprey.grizzly.com by scruz.net (8.7.3/1.34)
	id VAA06481; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:28:16 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (from markd@localhost) by osprey.grizzly.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA03592; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:28:50 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 21:28:50 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199610230428.VAA03592@osprey.grizzly.com>
From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au
CC: jkh@time.cdrom.com, mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-reply-to: <199610230419.NAA23746@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> (message
	from Michael Smith on Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:49:06 +0930 (CST))
Subject: Re: Possible Commercial app for FreeBSD.
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.

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.