Glenn wrote:

>Also of interest is an item from the included FAQ (page 17):
>
>        Q: How many customers are using the gateway?
>        A: The Transparent Gateway for IMAGE/SQL is the second-best
>           selling Oracle gateway and the install base (as of May 1997)
>           is well into the triple digits.

Alfredo responded:

> Still far short of the six (or more) digits regarding the number of IMAGE
> databases out there in real-life OLTP production work, but not too shabby
> :-)

Remember that the hundred(s) of users with Oracle's Transparent Gateway
for IMAGE/SQL are *included* in those using "IMAGE databases...in real-life
OLTP production work."

The more interesting question is, "How many HP 3000 systems are using the
Oracle product *without* using the Transparent Gateway." Knowing how both
the performance and the resource requirements compare between
implementations would be revealing.

--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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