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From: rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis)
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Subject: Re: Picking a Data Base Package & Computer System
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Date: Fri, 3-Jan-86 15:00:21 EST
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Organization: The MITRE Coporation, Bedford, MA
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Keywords: dbms PC AT Dataflex dBase II
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Summary: Need high powered database for AT

I am also looking for a powerful database program and computer system.  The
computer will probably end up being an IBM AT.  We are looking for a stable
and reliable development system and good runtime performance.  The
application will have to handle in the tens of thousands of records.  

I have used dBase II and looked at Dataflex.  Here are some questions I have:

	-  How does dBase III differ from II?
	-  Do programs such as Dataflex or dBase take advantage of
	   additional resources of the AT?
	-  How well does Dataflex work?
	-  Are there other programs out there with similar funcionality at
	   lower cost (I think dataflex costs > $1000).
	-  Do "compiled" applications offer considerably better performance?
	-  What does "multi-user" mean in Dataflex?  (Multiple terminals on
	   a single CPU or multi-CPU's with shared disk or something else?)

From what I have seen of Dataflex, it seems that it would suit my current
needs; however, it would be nice to have the potential to move to a
multiuser system in the future without scrapping the entire application.  It
would also be nice to have some potential for interfacing some of the dbms
routines with a high level language.  

Anyone have any recommendations of systems they have found to be reliable?
How about other machine recommendations?  Anyone used Omnis III on networked
Macs?  AT&T 7300?  

Note:  I haven't been reading this group for very long, so if this issue has
been addressed recently, I would appreciate just a mailed response or
perhaps a pointer to a good magazine article.  Thanks.