asg0393@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (10/04/88)
I would like to know if there is any non-profit GNU like project to write a public domain UNIX/or other SQL based database system? If there is not, is there an interest to write one in C or C++? SQL seems to be a standard. I hear that OSF and other "standards" committees are adopting it. I think there is a ansi definition of SQL too. I don't think database systems are only useful for large corporations who can afford to spend large dollars for Oracle, Unify etc. I know Ingress was once academic-domain but it seems that the university version is antiquated compared to the commercial version.
tep@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Thomas E. Price) (10/06/88)
In article <112600001@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> you write: > > I would like to know if there is any non-profit GNU like project to >write a public domain UNIX/or other SQL based database system? If there >is not, is there an interest to write one in C or C++? > SQL seems to be a standard. I hear that OSF and other "standards" >committees are adopting it. I think there is a ansi definition of SQL too. >I don't think database systems are only useful for large corporations >who can afford to spend large dollars for Oracle, Unify etc. >I know Ingress was once academic-domain but it seems that the >university version is antiquated compared to the commercial version. There is a shareware product ($30) that was developed by Steve Silva and the students in his fourth generation language class at the DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix. It is a very straight forward and simple SQL based DBMS patterned after ORACLE - even some of the example tables are the same. He can be reached at : SILVAWARE 3902 North 87th Street Scottsdale AZ 85251 It is a little limited, but my version was put out early this year, and there may be more updates or releases since then. Send me e-mail if you need further information or want a copy of the file. It's ~87K arc'ed. I tried to e-mail directly to you, but don't have your host in our look-up table, so I need another address to route any return messages to you. TTFN, Tom DISCLAIMER: Deesclamer?? I doan' need no steeenkin' deeslamer!!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Tom Price ARPA: tep@mitre-omaha.arpa The slow path: MITRE Corp or tep@mitre-bedford.arpa 1510 Wall Street Phone: (402) 292-5889 or AV 271-4125 Bellevue, Ne 68005 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=