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From: jerry@ora.com (Jerry Peek)
Subject: Re: PIC (sp)
Message-ID: <1991May15.091845.24097@ora.com>
Organization: O'Reilly and Associates Inc., Cambridge, MA
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Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 09:18:45 GMT
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In article <1991May8.150621.15614@csl.dl.nec.com> harrison@csl.dl.nec.com (Mark Harrison) writes:
> In article <1991May7.135057.1@dev8a.mdcbbs.com> rivero@dev8a.mdcbbs.com writes:
> >A friend recently mentioned another operating system called PIC (sp) and...
> >Anyone know about this system, and where I can get info on it?
> Try O'Reilly. They have a whole series on it. I think it's spelled PICK (???).
> >Is it better than UN*X?
> I read something about it a while back.  It seems it is more data processing
> oriented, so it might be better for that kind of application.

Mark is right -- Pick is a multi-user database management system.
It has a lot of business-oriented applications.  There are several
different implementations of Pick.

Our documentation set is based on a mainstream implementation (R83) with
notes on the SMA standards and other implementations too.  Our toll-free
order number (US and Canada) is 800/338-6887.  If you want more info about
Pick, send me some mail: bookquestions@ora.com or uunet!ora!bookquestions.

--Jerry Peek, O'Reilly & Associates