[Info-vax] The best VMS features, was: Re: openvms renaming file

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/29/2018 9:25 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <pehjc6$qvl$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>> RMS ISAM files would still be very limited compared to a database,
>> even MySQL.
> 
>     Despite a lot of confusing claims, RMS is not a DBMS.  All the
>     complaints about what it is lacking are examples of why it is not a
>     DBMS.
> 
>     If you need ISAM, or keyed-indexed-files, on an OS that has them, use
>     them.
> 
>     If you need a DBMS, but one.

But most people can benefit from the additional features
in a RDBMS.

It is just that in the past hardware cost and software
cost were usually high for a RDBMS.

That is no longer the case.

If the bells and whistles are free, then why
not take them.

Arne