Six database management systems for the Macintosh
Journal Article
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· Geobyte; (USA)
OSTI ID:6894001
- Univ. of Western Australia, Nedlands (Australia)
Six multi-file database management packages (DBMs) for the Apple Macintosh are reviewed. The reviews of Fourth Dimension, dBase Mac, FoxBase +/Mac, Omnis 3+, Omnis 5, and Oracle are based on several months of extensive testing, including actual performance with geological databases up to 4 megabytes. The MacDBMs range from those thoroughly implementing the Mac philosophy of user-friendliness (e.g. 4th Dimension) to variably Macified versions of established mainframe and PC DBMs, such as Oracle, FoxBase, and dBase. Although most of these DBMs are billed as relational, only Macintosh Oracle strictly obeys this condition. Mac users have a wide choice, from simple flat-file DBMs (MS File, etc.) to complex packages capable of interacting with many users, many files, and external mainframe or PC databases.
- OSTI ID:
- 6894001
- Journal Information:
- Geobyte; (USA), Journal Name: Geobyte; (USA) Vol. 4:6; ISSN 0885-6362; ISSN GEOBE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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