dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer) (09/27/88)
Hello out there. We are trying to move a bunch of database applications out of various random MS-DOS environments (DBASE, Lotus (?!) Javelin) onto our Prime EXL316 (AT&T V.3). We are looking primarily at two products, for non- technical reasons. Oracle is attractive because we can get a corporate discount through our parent corporation. It would also be nice, althought not critical, to be compatible with their developement (They run PCs and Vaxen under VMS). One of the larger databases we want to develope has already been done by a local consulting group for another company that disappeared before the contract was completed. The 90% they have done looks very good, and they would sell us source cheaply in order to recoup their loss. It was done in UNIFY/XCEL which we would buy, and subsequently maintain ourselves. All of the above are economic reasons to choose one of these two. I don't feel that the databases we are planning will ever be overwhelmingly large, so efficiency isn't the primary issue. Our biggest concern is speed of programming, as our programmer resources are quite limited (1 full time) and me part time. I would be interested in any strong impressions anyone has as to the relative merits of these two products. Send me E-mail, and if I get requests for summaries I will forward or post as appropriate. Thanks in advance Dan -- Daniel A. Graifer Franklin Capital Investments uunet!fciva!dag 7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A130 (703)821-3244 McLean, VA 22102