pan@prowest.propress.com (Philip A. Naecker) (06/14/90)
In article <2242@nems.dt.navy.mil>, bpeters@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Peters) writes: > DEC might bundle RDB w/VMS, but it is only the runtime executable which > allows you to run on more than one node. If you want the real thing, > you must purchase the layered product itself. We just found out ourselves. > We were interested in trying it out, but alas, found it no-workie. So, > as always, nothing is really free.............. > > Brenda Peters > DTRC > Bethesda, MD > I'm not sure what Brenda was *trying* to say here, but let me correct a few misimpressions she may have left. 1. The run-time Rdb (which is what DEC licenses now with every VMS license) is in fact *all* of what you need to run any Rdb application. It *is* "the real thing". Period. 2. Re: "no-workie" - I don't know what you mean, but the run-time Rdb works just fine, thank you. I have clients that run applications using it. 3. The run-time license works just fine "on more than one node" - i.e., it has the same (fairly robust) distributed capability of the rest of Rdb. 4. What you *don't* get with the runtime version is - funny thing - the development tools: You can't compile code with imbedded Rdb calls (i.e., you don't have the precompilers), you can't build databases (you don't have the data definition part of the data management tools). 5. However, the development licenses are rediculously cheap when you buy them for a development environment - i.e., a workstation or microVAXes. For example, they are bundled in with some other development licenses, such as the portfolio license (which gives you *every* language and development tool that DEC sells for a flat rate of $250 or so per month). When you realize this, it is hard to see why you would *want* to buy a development license for a large VAX or VAXcluster. _________________________________________________________________________ Philip A. Naecker Consulting Software Engineer Internet: pan@propress.com 1010 East Union Street, Suite 101 uunet!prowest!pan Pasadena, CA 91106-1756 Voice: +1 818 577 4820 FAX: +1 818 577 0073 Also: Technology Editor, DEC Professional Magazine VAX Professional Magazine Review Board Member _________________________________________________________________________