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From: hughes@math.berkeley.edu (Eric Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: db_FILE special offer
Message-ID: <1989Sep6.041953.22043@agate.uucp>
Date: 6 Sep 89 04:19:53 GMT
References: <1989Sep5.160005.17049@oxtrap.uucp>
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In-reply-to: osm@oxtrap.uucp (Owen Scott Medd)

In article <1989Sep5.160005.17049@oxtrap.uucp>, osm@oxtrap (Owen Scott Medd) writes:
>			   ... except nowhere do they describe the
>difference between db_FILE and the full db_VISTA III system.  Does
>anyone have any experience with db_FILE and what the differences
>are between it and db_VISTA?

df_FILE is version 2.21 of db_Vista, which is now at 3.2 (or
something).  Raima renamed their old version and now sells it at a
lower cost.  I don't think there will ever be an upgrade to db_File,
other than buying db_Vista, which is significantly more expensive.

Eric Hughes
hughes@math.berkeley.edu   ucbvax!math!hughes