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From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Database Recommendations
Message-ID: <38361UH2@PSUVM>
Date: 6 Apr 88 13:02:21 GMT
References: <53900001@datacube>
Organization: Penn Sate Erie--School of Business
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In article <53900001@datacube>, berger@datacube.UUCP says:
>
>Can anyone compare, contrast, recommend a Relational Database packages?
>We are looking for one that runs on Suns and has an excellent package
>for making small ad-hoc applications for in-house use without much
>programming effort.
>
>We are currently looking into:
>        Ingres
>        Sybase
>        Informix
>        Oracle
>        Unify

All of which are designed for large, well designed, "high performance"
tasks.  This sounds like the perfect place for /rdb.  It is a set
of relational tools that is totally integrated into the Unix shell,
and thus involves little extra learning for users.  It is good for small,
adhoc, user supported databases.

Discalaimer:  I've only read the manual for /rdb.  For all I know, it doesn't
work.

     lee