Actually Ken, M.B. Fosters product and our Minisoft ODBC/32 product CAN
provide direct IMAGE database access WITHOUT Allbase.


At 11:16 AM 3/3/03 -0800, you wrote:
>This morning Tom Hula [mailto:[log in to unmask]] asked:
>
>> What about Allbase? I see that the end of support on Allbase
>> on the 9000 is the same as the 3000.
>
>Yup.
>
>> Is there a chance that Allbase will also be continued
>> as part of this effort?
>
>While HP has not published the list of subsystems to be
>included in subject "emulated environment", I am confident
>that if an emulator becomes a reality it's essentially a
>"done deal" that Allbase will be included.  Remember:  You
>cannot do ODBC access to TurboIMAGE without Allbase;  and
>the ONLY difference between Image/SQL and the full "for
>purchase" Allbase product is that the Image/SQL version does
>not contain the fabled "ninth module", that allows uses to
>put more than 12 MBytes of user data in an Allbase DBE...
>
>As was previously mentioned, it makes no sense to talk
>about emulating MPE without having IMAGE...  and Allbase
>is an integral part of Image/SQL.
>
>Ken Sletten
>