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From: shawl@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Good database software wanted.
Message-ID: <1991Apr15.130746.29717@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 15 Apr 91 13:07:46 CDT
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> |> Some time ago, somebody said a database program sold by Regent Software or
> |> something was very similar to SQL and was relatively cheap, could anyone
> |> let me know the name and address of the software company?
> 
> USA/Canada:                     Germany/Austria/Switzerland:
> 
> Regent Software                 Computerware Gerd Sender
> P.O. Box 14628                  Moselstrasse 39
> Long Beach, CA 90803            5000 Koeln 50
> (213) 439-9664                  +49 221 392583
> 


Apparently, (and unfortunately), I think Regent Software went out of ST
business.  BUT, apparently, a dedicated user of their materials, has
taken it over.

REGENT BASE is really good in many ways.  One of the best ways was in the
fantastic user support given by Frank Cohen; such support was important because
the documentation was poor.  (To give an idea as to the wonderful support
Frank gave, I was a problem I could not solve; he had me send him my
application; he found a bug in Regent Base itself, made the correction, and
sent me the corrected version!  Can't be beat!)

The other problem was speed.

BUT, once you know what you are doing, it is pretty nice.  Again, the learning
curve, at least for me, was steep.