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From: carrato@mhinfo.UUCP ( tony carrato)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Dataase for VMS and UNIX - No royalties and source avail.
Keywords: royalties source SQL Form VMS UNIX
Message-ID: <34@mhinfo.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 90 18:51:44 GMT
References: <241@talarian.UUCP> <7423@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> <sp249fx@unify.uucp>
Reply-To: carrato@.UUCP (mhis - tony carrato)
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In article <sp249fx@unify.uucp> dgh@unify.uucp (David Harrington) writes:
>In article <7423@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> ssdken@watson.claremont.EDU (Ken Nelson) 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!!
Actually, the RUN TIME part of RDB is essentially free.  What you have to
pay for is the media (tape) and documentation.  Those certainly aren't
free but they aren't terribly expensive.  If you get a trial of Smartstar
I believe you actually can get them free.  Smartstar is a reasonably smart
query interface to RDB.  It can also create databases and do other usual
things.  (I've got no connection with Smartstar except as a user.)

Tony Carrato
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