---------- From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 1996 6:13 PM To: Editcorp Subject: HP to dump Allbase? I would expet HP to take a similar tact as to that which they took with Image; provide a solid, high performance database that will perform for 'most' of their customers. Since they can't compete with the likes of Oracle who specializes in that market, they will probably always lack the most cutting edge of features available elsewhere. I would think that with the amount of money they have spent on its development, and the integration it shares with Image/SQL, that you shouldn't worry too much about it. As time goes on, I would think those two will cosy up next to each other to the point you might not know the difference! Michael L Gueterman Easy Does It Technologies [log in to unmask] -- From: Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, California Subject: HP to dump Allbase? To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L <[log in to unmask]> [ I originally posted this to sigallbase-l about 10 days ago, but didn't get much of a response. ] A high-level manager here who talks often with HP regarding some development issues we have with Allbase says that HP is planning to dump Allbase. Some other company would take it over to provide maintenance and support to the existing installed base. We are struggling here with a very ambitious multi-vendor database development project which promotes much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair as we try to cope with the differing feature sets of the various databases. The manager which relayed the HP Allbase plans is in charge of this project; he is a very big fan of Oracle who is pushing hard to see Oracle adopted as our only supported database. This pro-Oracle bias needs to be considered when evaluating the truth of this rumor. Naturally when the manager asked HP to outline these plans in writing, HP declined. Would anybody like to comment on Allbase's future with HP? -- Mark Bixby E-mail: [log in to unmask] Coast Community College Dist. Web: http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/ District Information Services 1370 Adams Ave., Costa Mesa, CA, USA 92626-5429 Technical Support +1 714 432-5865 x7064 "You can tune a file system, but you can't tune a fish." - tunefs(1M)