Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!altos!altos86!craig From: craig@altos86.Altos.COM (Craig Saunders) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Pick operating system Message-ID: <4030@altos86.Altos.COM> Date: 10 Sep 90 05:53:55 GMT References: <1990Sep6.055815.16617@techbook.com> Reply-To: crs@altos86.UUCP (Craig Saunders) Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA Lines: 37 In article <1990Sep6.055815.16617@techbook.com> paulb@techbook.com (Paul Buder) writes: >I work for a company which is considering using the Pick Operating System... > You must work for a smart company. Pick is an Operating System built around an efficient database management system. It's made specifically for business type applications. >Does anyone have experience with PICK? Does it have any major advantages >over UNIX with some form of database management interface? There are many people who have experience with Pick, although I doubt many of them read the net. Since my company provides products to both the Pick and Unix markets, I have the pleasure of interacting with the professionals in both worlds. As for your question about the "database management interface", Pick has one. I don't believe Unix does. Unless you add Informix or Oracle or... (Of course, some engineers have tried to convince me that vi is a "database management interface" :-) ) >-- >paulb@techbook.COM ...!{tektronix!nosun,uunet}techbook!paulb Since getting back into Unix from Pick, I've been monitoring the net for discussion of Pick. Since this is the first I've seen, (others say that it was the point of several flames in one group awhile back) I'll take this opportunity to make my first posting to the net and ask the question: Is there anyone else out there with their feet in both worlds (Pick and Unix) ? If so, I would like to hear about their experiences. Areas of immediate interest are: using both Pick and Unix in the same processing environment; communications between Pick and Unix (Is anyone doing it on a recurring basis?); conversions between them; anyone running Universe or Pick's new port on the R6000. {Craig Saunders} {crs@altos.com} {408/432-6200} <>