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- Path: sparky!uunet!dcatlas!sethg
- From: sethg@dcatlas.dot.gov (Seth Grimes)
- Subject: Re: research Database needed - help!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.020919.22272@dcatlas.dot.gov>
- Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
- References: <1992Aug26.152427.20605@rpslmc.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 02:09:19 GMT
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- ddurbin@is.rpslmc.edu (Dave Durbin) writes:
-
- >I'm looking for a database management system to use to manage data for health
- >and aging statistics. This is for a Sun Sparcstation 2. I'm familiar with
- >Informix, Sybase, and Oracle, however, these DBMSs cost alot of money and may be
- >overkill for what we need to start.
-
- >1) what are other research (medical and otherwise) areas using to manage data?
-
- >2) what are some decent inexpensive DBMS's for the Sun platform?
-
- You should look into Postgres, available by ftp from the Univ of Calif at
- Berkeley.
-
- But I see that you're at an .edu Internet domain. If you're at an educational
- institution you might be able to get a commercial DBMS at a large discount from
- commercial prices. For instance, Ingres, which I use and which runs on Suns
- and has better technology but a reputation for being slower than the others
- you named (I can't judge), has such discounts.
-
- Seth Grimes, dcatlas!sethg@uunet.uu.net
- Automated Sciences Group (U.S. Dept. of Transportation)
-