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From: roger@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Knowledgeman/2 database product
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 10:25:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 10:25:00 1986
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Nf-From: inmet.UUCP!roger    Mar  3 10:25:00 1986



I 've worked with KMAN for about two years now, starting with release 1.02.
It's the best tool I've seen for putting reasonable-sized applications up
on a PC in a hurry.  Its best features are its embedded editor (costs 
about $150 but worth it), and its environmental variable scheme.  It does not
have a compiler for the command language, but by making intellegent use of the 
context files and macros, you can make compilation unnecessary, even for good-
sized jobs.  It seems to follow all the IBM BIOS rules pretty well - I've run
it on Wang PC's and on True Blue AT's at 8, 9, or 10 MZ - no problem.  If you 
want to do lots of slick user interface, I would recommend you also spring for
the screen generator (another $150 bucks - MDBS operates a'la carte)  

Another nice feature is its text processor (a stripped down Troff-type markup
language) which allows you to do KMAN or DOS calls within the text environment.
Finally, there is a Lattice-C interface package, which still has some bugs. 
Given MDBS's track record, I would expect that the next release of the
C-interface program will have them worked out.