[Info-vax] Layered products, the HP view !?!

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Stephen Hoffman skrev den 2015-06-20 18:15:
> On 2015-06-20 09:53:33 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:
>
>> I understand that from your earlier posts around databases and RMS as an
>> possible alternative.
>>
>> There is a *huge* difference between Rdb, DB2, MS SQL Server, Oracle 12
>> and similar database products on one hand and the different embedded
>> databases used in handheld devices and similar on the other.
>
> Oracle Rdb, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle are all non-starters
> here and seem somewhat less than relevant to the discussion, as two of
> those four don't and won't run on OpenVMS,...

That was not the question. It was what the difference is between "classic"
databases and these new "embedded" database. That has nothing with OpenVMS
to do. And this wasn't questioned by any anyway. so don't correct *me*,
I know this.

The rest is common knowledge...