[comp.databases] postgres address

mao@eden.uucp (Mike Olson) (08/01/89)

> What is address (IP-number) of postgres.berkeley.edu ?

postgres.Berkeley.EDU	128.32.149.1

					mike olson
					postgres group
					uc berkeley

donovan@hpindwa.HP.COM (Donovan Hsieh) (08/04/89)

Recently, I talked with two folks from a startup company called 
Object-Sciences. They are developing a serious OODB with the following features
which depart from any of the existing OODB products or research prototypes. The
information I am wrting here was purely from the conversation with them. The
unique features are :

	. Seamless integrated C++ with their OODB as the database host
	  language. This feature eliminates the need for user to learn other
	  vendor proprietary host languages such as in the GemStone and VBase.
	  All C++ objects can be made persistent by calling user defined
	  methods and stored in the database from the C++.

	. Explicit support of object & schema versioning. This feature is
	  important for advanced applications such as the CAD/CAM or CASE. 

They expect to announce their product in the early 1990. If you should be
interested in further information, they can be contacted at (415)3252300.

Donovan Hsieh
Hewlett-Packard
Business Network Division

render@m.cs.uiuc.edu (08/07/89)

Written 10:53 am  Aug  4, 1989 by donovan@hpindwa.HP.COM:
>Recently, I talked with two folks from a startup company called 
>Object-Sciences. They are developing a serious OODB with the following features
>which depart from any of the existing OODB products or research prototypes. The
>information I am wrting here was purely from the conversation with them. The
>unique features are :
>
>	. Seamless integrated C++ with their OODB as the database host
>	  language. This feature eliminates the need for user to learn other
>	  vendor proprietary host languages such as in the GemStone and VBase.
>	  All C++ objects can be made persistent by calling user defined
>	  methods and stored in the database from the C++.

If my understanding of their literature is correct, the latest version
of Vbase (called OB2?) has C++ as its host language.  All interaction
is done through member functions.

>	. Explicit support of object & schema versioning. This feature is
>	  important for advanced applications such as the CAD/CAM or CASE. 

This exists to some extent in HP's Iris and in MCC's ORION.  I guess an 
OODBMS that supports both features will be novel, but I don't know that 
Object-Sciences will be the first to do it.

hal.