[Info-vax] open source OpenVMS (Re: Oracle-RDB seminar notes)

[Paul Sture]

In article <515a085a$0$583$e4fe514c at dreader34.news.xs4all.nl>,
 MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:

> I doubt many non-commercial VMS users would 'need' or, let alone,
> /prefer/ to run Rdb or any RDBMS in general for their enjoyment
> at home.
> 
> I personally certainly don't see much of a point, except perhaps
> (the less impressive, but adequate) MySQL or SQLite (that I've
> been working on for VMS), like in combination with a HTTP server.

I definitely saw the point of installing Rdb on my Hobbyist Alpha 
several years ago.  At the time MySQL didn't even support transactions, 
and the documentation made me despair.  In contrast the Rdb 
documentation was up to VMS standards :-)

-- 
Paul Sture