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From: fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: db_Vista III Anyone?
Keywords: db_Vista III, RAIMA, network database model
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Date: 26 May 90 17:54:09 GMT
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In article <584@fizban.tessi.UUCP> steve@tessi.UUCP (Steve Willoughby) writes:
>In article <15198@s.ms.uky.edu> ericd@ms.uky.edu (Eric B. Durbin) writes:
>>Has anyone had any experience with db_Vista III, or any other RAIMA
>>product?
>
>I'm currently using another Raima database product, db_FILE, which is
>basically just a scaled-down version of db_Vista III (fewer library
>
>For the price, though, I'd probably stick to db_Vista.  They'll even
>sell you the source code if you need it (db_FILE, for a single-user
>version on PC's is only about $250-295 or so and comes with sources by
>default).

db_Vista comes in three modules with source. a) the mail database system
b) the db_revise modules for database modification after the fact,
c) db_query for ad hoc inquiry and creating views as per relational specs for 
reports and file/screen displays.

They sell for roughly $2600 each for the Unix world. All together a discount 
is available of about 10%. 

Continous support is available as well as systems development under contract.
The product is used by many national organizations underneath their inhouse 
products. People like MAACO use it in every one of the auto painting shops, for 
example. 

Generally speaking, the no royalty clause is the big winner even so I don't 
quite understand how the company can afford to advertise in so many national 
magazines when they don't get more recurring income. But I guess they still 
sell enough whole packages to be able to stay in business. In any case, one 
has the source as security: that's nice.



>BTW, I'm not directly related to MDBS or RAIMA, except as a satisfied
>customer.  These opinions are my own, and may not necessarily be those

Same here.
fred






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