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To: chirodoc who wrote (12145)	10/1/1999 12:25:00 AM
From: Kid Rock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

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To: chirodoc who wrote (12145)	10/1/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

You asked: I AM TRYING TO HELP FRIENDS IN A NEW COMPANY CHOOSE BETWEEN DBASE SOFTWARE FROM: IFMX, MSFT/NT, AND ORCL. ______________ I am on the Oracle thread, aren't I?? Answer: Oracle NT is an Operating System IFMX has been acquired by Toys-R-Us. Just kidding.

To: chirodoc who wrote (12145)	10/1/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: WTSherman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

<I AM TRYING TO HELP FRIENDS IN A NEW COMPANY CHOOSE BETWEEN DBASE SOFTWARE FROM: IFMX, MSFT/NT, AND ORCL< I'll give you a serious reply, since I am in the business(imaging applications): There is no stock answer as to the best choice. It depends on a variety of factors, not just scalability. From a scalability standpoint probably ORCL and IBM/DB2 are the best choices. But, since you are going to be dealing with large objects(the images) it raises larger architectural questions. Do you want an object oriented DB, a hybrid DB or a simulated hybrid architecture? Also, the performance of DB engines has less to do with how many people are querying the DB, at any one time, and much more to do with how much new index/update index activity is occurring concurrently. I could go on and on...my point is that for an application like you are describing there's no pat answer. Good luck. WTS