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From: donovan@hpindwa.HP.COM (Donovan Hsieh)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: postgres address (was Re: OODBs summary of replies)
Message-ID: <36270006@hpindwa.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Aug 89 15:53:16 GMT
References: <1989Jul26.081130.4455@newcastle.ac.uk>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino CA
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Recently, I talked with two folks from a startup company called 
Object-Sciences. They are developing a serious OODB with the following features
which depart from any of the existing OODB products or research prototypes. The
information I am wrting here was purely from the conversation with them. The
unique features are :

	. Seamless integrated C++ with their OODB as the database host
	  language. This feature eliminates the need for user to learn other
	  vendor proprietary host languages such as in the GemStone and VBase.
	  All C++ objects can be made persistent by calling user defined
	  methods and stored in the database from the C++.

	. Explicit support of object & schema versioning. This feature is
	  important for advanced applications such as the CAD/CAM or CASE. 

They expect to announce their product in the early 1990. If you should be
interested in further information, they can be contacted at (415)3252300.

Donovan Hsieh
Hewlett-Packard
Business Network Division