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From: tpg@n5pph007.UUCP (Peter Graham)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Oracle - what sort of database system is it?  Is it for Unix?
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Date: 14 Feb 91 13:55:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jan29.152745.9028@cs.odu.edu> aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes) writes:
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>Is Oracle a Unix database, or does it run on several different systems?
>Does it run on VAX VMS?  
>Can someone describe generally what Oracle is?

Oracle is a relational database system that runs on several platforms, 
including most Unix platforms and VMS.  One caveat is that not all Unix
platforms (or other platforms, for that matter) support the same revision
level of the products.  Oracle has a 'priority' list that dictates the 
order in which new versions are released on which platforms.

Depending on how much you want to spend, Oracle can range from an RDBMS 
engine with SQL access to a suite of products, such as a forms system, menu
system, compilers, network access methods, etc., that let you access this
RDBMS engine and its associated database files.

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