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From: fred@cdin-1.uucp (Fred Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Multiuser databases for Microport
Summary: DBaseIII vs the world
Keywords: Database, System V, Dbase III
Message-ID: <80@cdin-1.uucp>
Date: 9 Dec 88 16:38:49 GMT
References: <5175@lynx.UUCP>
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Organization: CompuData Inc., Philadelphia PA
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In article <5175@lynx.UUCP>, vik@lynx.uucp (Vikram Sohal) writes:
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>   I am interested in getting a good multiuser, general purpose database
> that will run under MicroPort System V UNIX on a 386 PC AT. It must also have

Since you'll be making a decision for the long run (I guess?) you should be
looking at something that works under Xenix now. You can do development under
DOS while waiting for next Spring's Sys V 3.2 when the world will run 
basically anything on Intel chips.

Some of us are enjoying that mode now with SCO and Foxbase+.

As far as a general discussion of database pros and cons, this is not really 
the place. Generally speaking I would say that the Dbase world is several 
steps removed from what I call real database handling. Here, we grew up with 
Total from Cincom and graduated with MDBS III. This may tell you that we 
really come from a network or, call it, post relational network environment.

But Dbase works and little systems can be genned rather quickly.  

Presently we are using Integra from SCO to experiment with some in-house 
stuff. SQL is here and I would suggest you think seriously about using it.
Fred Rump
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