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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: HC as a front end to mac database
Message-ID: <1990Mar26.012401.7217@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 90 01:24:01 GMT
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Sender: John Heckendorn
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In article <4366@hub.UUCP> nichols@citron.ucsb.edu (Timothy C. Nichols) writes:
>I have to develop a large database for the Mac, but the grant we
>have specifies that Hypercard must be part of the
>equation.

Besides Oracle, Sybase has announced a Macintosh implementation of their
database system which uses HyperCard as a front end.  I'm not sure whether
it's shipping yet, but if so it would be worth considering.

Of course, buying the back-end server might just exhaust whatever monies
you've got left in your grant :-).

John Heckendorn
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