whm@megaron.UUCP (08/01/86)
We're looking for a UNIX DBMS and are interested in seeing what folks on
the net might recommend. We've lightly investigated some of the commercial
DBMS products and the prices are a little more than we're interested in paying
given our perceived applications, which are things like maintaining equipment
inventories, student records for the CS department, etc. Even with educational
discounts, the prices seem to range from $6k to $20k (and up) for the initial
purchase, with typically $5k a year in maintenance.
We know that an early version of Ingres comes with BSD, but some persons have
cast vague dispersions on it. Is in fact suitable for "real" applications,
or is it more at home in the educational/experimental realm?
How about UNITY-TC from the ATT toolchest? Has anyone had experience with
it? Can it be made to work on BSD systems?
Are there other quasi-free DBMS systems available?
As far as commercial DBMS products go, does anyone have any recommendations
or disrecommendations? Are there any products that are less expensive than
described above?
Assuming that I get some useful information back, I'll summarize and post it.
(If you wish to remain anonymous, be sure to say so.)
Bill Mitchell
whm@arizona.edu
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