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

[Paul Sture]

In article <515c498b$0$6075$e4fe514c at dreader36.news.xs4all.nl>,
 MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 3-apr-2013 16:06, Paul Sture wrote:
> > That's the crux of it.  I have always found database stuff
> > interesting in itself.
> 
> A few practical purposes would be nice though.  With Rdb, you
> will be limited to just 'playing around' and that usually does
> not motivate me (combined with the poor job opportunities).

I must admit I was doing this when there were more VMS jobs around, so 
getting to work with it was a real possibility.
 
> I'd then rather sharpen my knowledge with, say, the main Oracle
> RDBMS, IBM DB/2, PostgreSQL or so.  (At least the last one can
> be used without, or with far fewer, restrictions.)

PostgreSQL was my choice when I got frustrated with MySQL.  I got it 
working on OS X before that platform was officially supported.

-- 
Paul Sture