Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!romwa
From: romwa@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Royal Ontario Museum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Atari's acceptance in the business community
Keywords: Some thoughts as to what is needed
Message-ID: <1989Apr5.095208.17910@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Date: 5 Apr 89 13:52:08 GMT
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
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I own a 1040 STf with a FutureDOS 80 Meg harddrive which I
really like, and like most ST owners have to defend when
around my colleagues at work.

From what I have seen, Atari's lack of acceptance in
businesses might be changed if a large software company
offered a major database product.  And I don't mean dBMan
(which I also own).  What I am thinking of is an SQL based
database with a 4GL and perhaps variable length text fields.
Databases like Informix, INGRES, etc. come to mind.  Perhaps
with the TT, we will be able to capitalize on the UNIX
database market and have people buying the TT as a
departmental type computer.  Anyone notice the success that
SCO is having by offering not only XENIX but departmental
computing and development environments.  We have a number of
'386 boxes here running XENIX with WordPerfect, FoxBase, SCO
Professional (1-2-3 clone), and Informix.

The other think I would love to see is some form of networking
support.

What do people think?

Also, I really agree with an earlier posting which stated that
buying software for the ST is not only ethical (which should
be enough) but it makes good sense.  With profit margins being
as they are for the ST, supporting software companies by
buying their software ensures enhancements and support
(hopefully).

Pavneet Arora
...!utgpu!rom!pavneet

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