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*WE* are all off doing different things and goind in different
directions....
For example: in the latest Digital news, (June 12, p6) two Digital
spokesmen are quoted:
' "To the best of my knowledge, there is no program to
port a product you know as VAX Rdb currently running under the
VMS operating system to the Ultrix operating system," James
Barclay, Digital Senior technical consultant, recently told
Digital News.
But at a seminar in Monterey, Calif., in March, Jim Steiner,
business development manager for Database Systems Group, briefly
commented that the company was working a port of Rdb to Ultrix '
Does get a bit confusing, doesn't it! Interesting that we go and sign
an agreement with Ingres (at least according to Digital review, we
have...I don't know for sure). And in the trade press, mums' the word
from Digital while Ingres spills their guts complaining about how we
announced a program to have a DEC database product for Ultrix.
We field specialists are off killing ourselves trying to compete with
Sybase while GSG puts on secure database trade shows with them!
As Mike says....'What am I, an Oracle?' I think I'll start using that
line when someone asks me about DEC's database strategy.
Gil
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Editorial contact:
Peter Kobs
(603) 881-2597
DIGITAL TO PROVIDE SQL DATABASE SYSTEM
IN ULTRIX OPERATING SYSTEM
MAYNARD, Mass. -- June 7, 1989 -- Digital Equipment Corporation
announced today that it will produce a standard SQL database system
for Digital's ULTRIX operating system. This system will comply with
current and future ANSI standards for data management. Third-party
applications written for this environment will be portable across a
variety of open systems platforms, as well as Digital's Rdb/VMS
database system.
The ULTRIX database software will be licensed, serviced, and
supported by Digital. Because the ULTRIX database system will adhere
to ANSI standards, many third-party software development tools from a
wide range of vendors will run as layered products in this
environment. Further technical details about new products will be
available later this year.
"We are continuing to enhance the ULTRIX operating system to
expand our role in fast-growing open systems market," said Joe
Menard, Digital's ULTRIX/OSF Marketing Manager. "By adhering to
accepted industry standards, such as SQL and POSIX, we provide our
customers with a very high level of application portability and
system integration. ULTRIX is also a mainstay of Digital's new
RISC-based computer systems, which deliver the best price-performance
available."
This announcement extends Digital's open systems strategy to the
area of database management. It builds upon Digital's other unifying
software technologies, including DECnet/OSI, TCP/IP, DECwindows/XUI,
the Compound Document Architecture, and the VMS/ULTRIX Connection.
"Digital has an ongoing program to provide leadership relational
database technology to its customers," said Hans Gyllstrom, manager
of Digital's Database Systems Group. "As this announcement clearly
demonstrates, we are strongly committed to both VMS users and ULTRIX
users."
Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems and services. Digital offers a full range of
computing solutions and systems integration for the entire enterprise
-- from the desktop to the data center.
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Note to Editors: ULTRIX, VMS, Rdb/VMS, DECwindows, XUI, and DECnet
are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
OSF is a trademark of the Open Software Foundation.
CORP/89/xxx
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| The only "Safe" database product to propose is Informix Tools, since
Informix is abandoning their VMS database.
There are a number of 4GLs that run on both Unix and VMS (FOCUS, TODAY,
Uniface) that could be recommended. And, of course, anything could be
written to interface with VAX SQL. The application could then run on
both VMS and Ultrix.
---- Michael Booth
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