[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Main, Kerry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On
> Behalf Of JF Mezei
> Sent: April 6, 2009 6:56 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system
> 
> Michael Kraemer wrote:
> 
> >
> > Records and blocks predate VMS.
> >
> 
> And for those instances where soe Unix system does require "records",
> the use a database system. And this is one big reason that Oracle is one
> of the largest software companies in the world.
> _______________________________________________


Of course, charging $40K/cpu (enterprise) is another reason for this as well.

:-)


Regards

Kerry Main
Senior Consultant
HP Services Canada
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