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From: devine@shodha.dec.com (Bob Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Dataase for VMS and UNIX - No royalties and source avail.
Keywords: royalties source SQL Form VMS UNIX
Message-ID: <1351@shodha.dec.com>
Date: 13 Jun 90 15:25:17 GMT
References: <241@talarian.UUCP> <7423@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <sp249fx@unify.uucp>
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO.
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In article <sp249fx@unify.uucp>, dgh@unify.uucp (David Harrington) writes:
> > VMS:
> >  Doesn't DEC ship RDB with all VMS systems?  It has an SQL interface
> >  from a command
> >  line and from C.  I believe it is free, somebody correct me if I am wrong.
> 
> FREE???  From DEC???  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
> It may be BUNDLED, but you can bet it ain't FREE!!

  You lost the bet.

  The run-time portion of Rdb is free with VMS.  However, to do
development you will need to buy the development kit for at least
one node.