Oracle is available on the 3000, many 3000's have it.

Nick Demos  [log in to unmask]

Performance Software Group
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> From: Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>
> On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Nick Demos wrote:
>
> > I want to revive an old thread.
> >
> > All well and good as far as it goes, but I think more is required.  The
> > conversion of a Unix application should be almost a no-brainer!  "Plug
> >  and Play.  Now I know that this ideal is not quite possible, but the
> >  following would certainly help:
>
> Well let's take for example MK, a full featured manufacturing application
> that competes with Baan and SAP, (it used to be known as MANMAN/X, but
now
> it has developed to the point of nowhere being near the same as was.)
What
> would it take to port MK to the HP3000?  (Setting MANMAN Classic aside
for
> the moment.)
>
> Not only do you need to port the software, but you would also have to
tell
> it what database to use, and it can't be IMAGE.  As far as I know, MK
will
> work with either CA-Ingres, B-ISAM, Informix, or Oracle.  (Ingres was
> ported once to the HP3K but not under CA's auspices.)  I don't know about
> the other databases, but Ingres would have to be ported again since it
has
> been so long.
>
> If you then bring MANMAN Classic back into the picture, then why would
> someone want to buy into Ingres or Oracle if there is a robust
application
> already out there that uses the IMAGE which you already have?  There are
> also competing products, such as HP's MM/3000 or Votaw's Jobshop/3000.