Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ag09+ From: ag09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony Thomas Gale) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Unix Databases Message-ID: Date: 29 Apr 89 18:04:28 GMT Organization: Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 24 Does anyone care to share any thoughts they may have on Unix databases. A company that I am working for is looking to purchase a database package for a newly acquired Sun3/280. We also have quite a few Macintoshes and PC's which we would like to use as well. They are all connected on an ethernet network running throughout the building. Most of our database development has up to now been done on Macs (4th Dimension) and PC's (Knowledgeman, Dbase). We are looking for a more robust package that will run on our Suns Our idea is to use some package that allows the processing to be distributed. The backend being done on the Sun3 and the user-interface, front-end stuff on the PC's and Mac's. We are looking at Oracle potentially right now as the major contender. There prices seem steep but they seem to have the only product that supports all three platofroms in a distributed environment. Any opinions/experiences with Oracle would be GREATLY appreciated as well as any other insightful comments. Thanks Tony Gale Internet: ag09@andrew.cmu.edu Phone: (412) 325-1776 FAX: (412) 733-1799