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> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Alan Yeo
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] SAP DB [was: PostgreSQL ...)
>
>
> Without being rude to anybody this would make buying a plough because
> you own a race horse look sensible.
>
> >From my experience of companies implementing SAP the horsepower (MIPS &
> Memory) required to achieve something that makes the average HP3000
> application on the lowest spec processor look like lightening, is
> frightening.
>
> Would an MPE box running an interpreted, non native application on a non
> native database be any quicker? And if it wasn't the cost of the
> equivilent MPE box would make it impossible to justify.
>
> And do we really want to read about failed mult million dollar
> implementations on the 3K? :-)
>
> Just my crotchety 2 cents worth.
>

I would like to clarify that I am porting the database only, NOT the SAP
application.  We decided to port this database because of some VERY
interested parties.

SAP DB (www.sapdb.org) is an open, SQL-based, relational database management
system that provides high availability and performance scaling from small to
very large implementations. It supports open standards including SQL, JDBC
and ODBC; access from Perl and Python; and HTTP-based services with HTML or
XML content.

Regards,

Dave Thatcher

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David A. Thatcher
Advanced Network Systems Inc.
7 Charles Court, Suite 14
Annandale, NJ 08801
Tele  USA:    908.638.3330
Fax   USA:    908.638.3331

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