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From: ethan@thinc.UUCP (pri=-5*Ethan A. Lish of THINC)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Opinions wanted on Empress Database Package and 4GL
Summary: PROGRESS(tm) can do that and *More*
Message-ID: <96@thinc.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 90 12:50:13 GMT
References: <1990Sep26.192938.1101@tropix.uucp>
Organization: Tomorrow's Horizons, Inc. -- THINC
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In article <1990Sep26.192938.1101@tropix.uucp>, msr@tropix.uucp (Melanie S. Roche) writes:
> I would like to here from anyone who has experience with the Empress DB
> package.  I am currently thinking of purchasing this package for a new
> project.  Any information about the package would be appreciated.  Please
> use email to respond.  Our news is about two weeks behind because of
> disk space.  My email address is tropix!msr@gca.com.
> 
> The application that we will be using this package for is a medium to large
> size database accepting information from many other machines and will be
> running on the Solbourne model 5/600.

	Greetings -

	PROGRESS(tm) runs on the Solbourne 5/600 
	( *AND* many other UN*X/DOS/VMS/OS2/CTOS/OS400 platforms)

		A *Quick* list of Features:

	o	Database indepentent 4GL layers on top of;
		PROGRESS(tm), Oracle(tm) and Rdb/Rms(tm) Databases
	o	Enhanced data dictionary simplifies management of
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	o	Support for X-based window managers;
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	o	Embedded ANSI-standard SQL with Host Language Interface
	o	PROGRESS(tm) and SQL can be intermixed
	o	C routines callable from 4GL
	o	Library of plug-in components and routines
	o	Extended alphabet support for multi-lingual applications
	o	DIF,SYLK,ASCII file import/export
	o	Client/Server architecture and high performance
		multi-threaded database engine
	o	Distributed processing with two-phase commit
	o	Concurrent access to data in multiple databases
	o	On-Line backup and tuning controls for System Administrators
	o	Run across hardware, Operating Systems, Network Protocols,
		Databases, and Graphical User Interfaces.
	o	Encrypted Source Code for easy application deployment
	o	Automatic Crash Recovery
	o	Security Controls
	o	Distributed Processing
	o	Variable Length Records

**** For more information on these or other PROGRESS(tm) Features ***

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	Thank you,
		Ethan

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