There is a package called CACHE from Intersystems that is an open system
relational DB that runs on Unix, Sun and NT boxes. We are currently
converting over to this on our 9K. You can download a single user version
from their website.

www.intersystems.com

Rick Clark
Systems Manager
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis
Cleveland, Ohio
phone (216)739-5149
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Gordon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Unix Comparable Advise
>
>
> On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 11:12 AM, Kyle Kelton wrote:
>
> > Given the announcement of the demise of the HP3000 (very
> unhappy), what
> > are the prevailing programming languages and databases in the UNIX
> > environment?
> >
> C and C++, then you can look at OO scripting languages like Python
> (which I personally love coming from a COBOL background).
> There are the
> free databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL (the later being far more
> scalable and robust), then there is Oracle and DB2.  You can
> grab Python
> (www.python.org) and PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org) for free and get
> yourself familiar.
>
> > I only want to start studying for future conversions.
> >
> > TIA
> > Kyle Kelton
> >
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