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From: whg@INEL.GOV (Bill Gray)
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Subject: Re: Oracle - what sort of database system is it?  Is it for Unix?
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Date: 30 Jan 91 16:11:41 GMT
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In article <1991Jan29.152745.9028@cs.odu.edu> aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes) writes:
>
>Does it run on VAX VMS?  
>Can someone describe generally what Oracle is?
>
It is an industrial-strength relational database management system.  It runs on just about
any combination of platforms and systems you can imagine,  from PCs to Cyber mainframes,
from DOS to UNIX to (gasp) VMS and even CDC's NOS/VE.

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