Jerry Fochtman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>>At 09:17 AM 2/11/97 CDT, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>>     I know the MPE file system supports IMAGE datasets
>>>     which are larger than 4GB.  What about DBCPLUS?  From
>>>     what I could remember, DBCPLUS did not support (and
>>>     there were no plans for it to support) datasets greater
>>>     than 4GB.  I hope that either I am wrong or that HP
>>>     changes its mind.
>>
>>At IPROF last year HP stated that at that time they had no plans to enhance
>>DBChangePlus to support either jumbo datasets, the upcoming B-tree
>>enhancement or the planned dynamic dataset expansion for masters sets.  As
>>of their recent video conference they have not indicated any change to
>>these plans.
>>
>>/plug-alert (as the supplier)
>>
>>DBGeneral is in the early stages of a pre-release version to provide
>>support for jumbo sets.  For additional information you can contact a
>>Bradmark sales rep.
>>
>>/end-plug
>>
>>Adager offers jumbo support, contact them for their specifics.
>>
>>/jf


Jerry is correct: Adager has provided Jumbo support since 1995.

For the specifics, please visit:  http://www.adager.com

Something that we have kept under wraps for a while is that Fred White
developed an excellent DBCPLUS-to-Adager converter that accepts DBCPLUS
stream files as input and produces Adager stream files as output.  We have
provided Fred's DBCPLUS-to-Adager converter to customers who have taken
advantage of our competitive-upgrade program (from DBCPLUS to Adager, in
this case).

Now that HP seems to have "semi-officially" announced their lack of
interest in actively marketing DBCPLUS, I believe it's time to bring the
cat ouf of the bag and to "officially announce" the proactive availability
(since 1996) of Adager's DBCPLUS-to-Adager converter.

I guess this would qualify as a member of the "post-announcement" category :-)

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