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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: UNIX-based DBMS wanted
Keywords: NOT-Smart-system, DBASEIII?, Any other DBMS for 3B1 out there?
Message-ID: <547@kosman.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 89 05:28:04 GMT
References: <7556@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Root)
Distribution: unix-pc
Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035
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In article <7556@ihlpf.ATT.COM> olaf@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Henjum) writes:
>I would like to able to get a copy of UNIX-based DBMS for the 3B1/7300
>that is NOT the Smart Database Manager.
>
>I have seen references to DBASE III in this newsgroup.
>Is this version under UNIX or does it require the DOS-73 board?
>Are there any other good DBMS out there that run ON UNIX?
>
>Thanks in advance for whatever help you can provide.

DBASE III runs under UNIX, all right.  I have it but have barely used
it.  I have heard that it has lots of bugs, is not supported, and has
not been updated since the first release.  I will probably get flamed
if I'm wrong about that, so I've got on my asbestos BVDs.

There is also Progress, which I have used quite a bit, and which I know
is supported, and which I like a lot.  It does a whole lot more than
DBASE even tries to do, but it is not all that cheap.  It is multi-user
on the 3b1, and source compatible with versions for MS-DOS, most UNIX
flavors, and VMS.  There is a run-time version available.

Contact Progress Software, Inc, at 617-275-4500.  I have no connection
with them other than as a user.