At 09:56 AM 11/16/2001 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote:
>In the light of recent developments at HP we are again
>revisiting an old topic regarding possible migration paths.  I
>would like to find out if there exists a database management
>system that runs on Linux, has a visual design tool somewhat
>like MS-SQL7/2000, and is available as open-source.

The two main databases for Linux that I have been experimenting
with are mySQL and PostGreSQL  For mySQL check
out www.mysql.com and www.mysql.org and for PostGreSQL
follow the mirror sites at http://www.postgresql.org/.

There seems to be more books and information about mySQL, but
PostGreSQL has been ported to MPE, so you could do some
experiments on your MPE box, before trying to transition to
Linux. Recent releases of Caldera has included mySQL and PHP
which is a nice combination for webifying your data.

Hope this helps,

Neil Armstrong
Robelle



>If any of the polymaths here can provide suggestions or advice
>on this matter I would be extremely grateful.   We are
>tentatively considering a move to Java / someRDBMS running
>on Linux.  Management desires a zero capital solution, i.e.
>tools that are freely available.
>
>Regards,
>Jim
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