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From: stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle )
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Pick operating system
Message-ID: <2227@wheaton.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 90 13:36:59 GMT
References: <1990Sep6.055815.16617@techbook.com> <4030@altos86.Altos.COM>
Reply-To: stefan@wheaton.UUCP (Stefan Brandle )
Organization: Wheaton College, IL
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In article <4030@altos86.Altos.COM> crs@altos86.UUCP (Craig Saunders) writes:
>In article <1990Sep6.055815.16617@techbook.com> paulb@techbook.com (Paul Buder) writes:
>Informix or Oracle or...  (Of course, some engineers have tried to convince
>me that vi is a "database management interface" :-) )

Well, of course it is (lots and lots of smiley faces); I suppose you could
even use it as a database if set up properly (even more smileys).

>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.

We're using Pick a la Universe on a DECsystem 5400 as part of our library
automation system (from a company called Dynix).  As far as I can tell,
everything seems to be plodding along pretty well.  However, I don't really get
beyond the Unix-Pick border (I'm a resident on the Unix side), so I'm not
really the person to ask about how well it works.  The general impression I get
from the whistles and wows is that Universe runs at a pretty good clip on the
5400.

-stefan
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