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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

JF Mezei wrote:
> 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.

Nothing stops your Unix program from using "records".  They can be fixed 
  or variable length, unblocked or blocked, but they are *your* 
responsibility.  As far as Unix is concerned, records are a figment of 
your imagination.  A database is in no way essential to using records in 
Unix.  You want indexed sequential?  Roll your own!  Or you can buy 
commercial software that fills the gap.