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From: ericbr@microsoft.UUCP (Eric Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: CData - the Cheap Data Base Management System
Message-ID: <7401@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 16 Aug 89 18:53:54 GMT
References: <646@levels.sait.edu.au> <191@s5000uunet!s5000> <1131@levels.sait.edu.au>
Reply-To: ericbr@microsoft.UUCP (Eric Brown)
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>In article <191@s5000uunet!s5000>, alan@s5000uunet!s5000 (Al Kiecker) writes:
> I am also interested in what enhancments, bugs, etc. have been made/fixed
> to CData. I just today bought a copy of the book per recommendation of a friend.
> My initial impression is that it looks like something that could form the basis
> for a very sophisticated RDBMS at VERY low cost. If there is sufficient 
> interest perhaps we ought to start a mailing list. Any interest??

What exactly is CData?  What is the book referred to here?  Can one easily
obtain the software (via anon. ftp or suchlike)?

Sorry to ask so many questions, but I have a need for a cheap DBMS
package for a home project.

Eric Brown                          ...!{uunet,uw-beaver}!microsoft!ericbr
I don't speak for Microsoft, and they don't speak for me.