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From: dustin@pictel.uucp (Dustin Clampitt)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Can you recommend DBaseIV for Suns?
Message-ID: <1991Jun13.201638.1360@pictel.uucp>
Date: 13 Jun 91 20:16:38 GMT
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Organization: PictureTel Corporation
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I have to get a database package that runs on SPARC's.
I've sent for Postgres but would also like to consider
AT DBaseIV.  I'm not a DBase programmer and so I can't
really evaluate it myself.  I've been told that the
higher level SQL stuff in DBaseIV might still be brain
damaged, but since my needs are fairly simple I needn't
worry about those features for my purposes, I'll never 
use them.  But if we get DBaseIV on the network, and 
someone decides to try something fancier, and it doesn't 
work I'm going to have to explain why I bought this package.

Get it?

My needs:

	- Common purchase order database 
	  (we buy a lot of stuff)

	- Captital asset management 
	  (keeping track of all that stuff we buy)

	- Common job request database so users can make
	  requests and support staff can better coordinate
	  who does what.

	- Site logs for all 100+ nodes, maintenance agreements,
	  configurations, ownership, etc.

I'm told this is trivial stuff. Fine, I've got the money to contract
to have this stuff written, and that`s really what I care about.
But is there any reason to consider some other package?

What are your experiences with DBaseIV?  On Suns?  In general?

Thanks,
Dustin

Dustin Clampitt  "Bluegrass Music: Sung From The Heart, Through The Nose."
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Dustin Clampitt  "Bluegrass Music: Sung From The Heart, Through The Nose."
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