I heard that the decisions about which RDBMS to use with the new
GenBank were getting closer to an irrevocable decision. I think this is an
issue worth discussing, since I for one an unclear as to all the
ramifications of it. We do not have an RDVMS right now, but we are expect to
be under considerable pressure to get INGRES. However, the GenBank people
seem to be discussing Sybase adn Oracle.
I have nothing against these, of course, but we do not want to be in
the position to have to buy several of these: because we can not afford it,
for one. (Someone I spoke to recently said: 'No problem, in five years they
will all be the same'. Right.)
We use the GCG package. It would be nice to know what all the
implications are for the different users are.
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