[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Bob Koehler]

In article <k18g6h$vgh$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <k1890i$j5n$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>> A database system presents the data to the user / programmer.  RMS is 
>>> just another database.  It's far from the only one.  It's just the one 
>>> that comes bundled with VMS.
>> 
>>    Nope.  When I use a DBMS, I have to call the DBMS routines.  When I
>>    use RMS, I use the native HLL statements or function calls.
>> 
> 
> But, don't you see, that is NOT a function of RMS, that is a function of 
> the HLLs, which implement the usage of RMS.
> 

   No.  I code the HLL, it's library runs on top of RMS, RMS is
   functioning.