"Glenn J. Koster, Sr." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Curt Brimacomb wrote:
>
>> I just heard some news that may interest a number of sites.  I was
>> told that Disc is no longer going to support DBMGR.  Can anyone
>> confirm that?
>
>Yes, I can confirm that.  On October 28, 1998 a letter was sent to all
>DISC customers on support.  Here is an excerpt from that letter...
>
>=====================================================================
>Dear DBMGR Licensee:
>
>As a valued customer of Dynamic Information Systems Corporation, we
>would like to notify you of our plans regarding the DBMGR product so
>that you can make appropriate decisions regarding your TurboImage data
>base maintenance functions.
>
>DISC plans on retiring the DBMGR product by December 31, 1999.  However,
>we have worked hard to mitigate any issues with your need for a
>TurboImage data base maintenance tool.  Below is a list of how we hope
>to make a clean and painless transition for you:
>
>1)      We have partnered with the Adager Corporation, developers of the
>Adager TurboImage data base maintenance tool to allow DBMGR customers
>currently on maintenance to upgrade to Adager Model 1 for a cost of
>US$300.00 per CPU which includes the Adager first year maintenance.
>
>================================================================
>
>The letter goes on to explain a number of options available to DISC's
>customer base.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
>either Susan Sheehan (western US) or Michelle Orlandino (eastern US) at
>303-444-4000.



I see that the good-old U.S. Post Office failed to come through again.
Given the fact that several users (including Curt, who is just down the
road from us in Idaho) did not receive the original information, it is nice
to see that HP3000-L came through again :-)

Way to go, HP3000-L members in general (and Glenn in particular).
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