[net.unix] public-domain data-base program

keller%brl@sri-unix.UUCP (01/09/84)

From:      George Keller (IBD) <keller@brl>

Is there a simple data-base program available in the public domain for
use on UNIX machines?   Our needs do not justify spending thousands of
dollars.

George

gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP (01/09/84)

From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@brl-vld>

INGRES comes with 4.2BSD and U.Toronto's MRS is available under license
for a few hundred $$.  Both are relational database systems, although
MRS doesn't handle really large databases very well.

broome%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP (01/10/84)

From:      Paul Broome <broome@brl-bmd>

George,

I've heard a rumor that INGRESS, a relational system from Berkeley, is 
in the public domain.  Local people that may know are  Randy@amsaa 
or Howard@brl.

Another alternative is CProlog, which is running locally on BRL-VGR.  
We could prossibly put it onto a VAX near you.  In addition to being 
a programming language, Prolog is a relational database query 
language.  You need a VAX for both INGRESS and CProlog.

-paul

crl@pur-phy.UUCP (Charles LaBrec) (01/15/84)

You do not absolutely need a vax for INGRES.  We are running version
6.3 of INGRES on a pdp-11/44 running 2.8 BSD.  It is not blindingly
fast, however.

Charles LaBrec
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