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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Unix vs Novell (HA..)
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Date: 10 May 91 19:43:13 GMT
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In article <32735@usc> ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
>
>If the application is indeed Clipper, as someone conjectured,
>then the cheapest upgrade path to Unix is via dbase IV for the
>Sun.  Said to be an excellent product.

While it is indeed an excellent product, it's not at all a good solution for
the type of application that is being described here.  However, I suspect
that the management described will be not be able to make any solution on
any platform work properly.  The problem outlined is not a technical problem
at all; the system required could be built quite nicely on a Unix system
or on a Novell system.  Since it wasn't done properly on one system we can
only expect that the same people would do it equally poorly on another system.
Therefore the best solution may be to get out of that company (or at least
that division) while you can.
--scott