[AccessD] OT StarOffice

...hhhmmm ...have not checked today gustav but iirc it was Starbase that was
pulled and Adabas D that was added ...at least that's what I recall when I
looked at the specs for 6 ...I've not tried 6 myself because I'm not
interested in any office replacement suite without an Access comparable db
development capability :(

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT StarOffice


> Hi William, Martin and Seth
>
> > ...its Adabase D from Software AG ...trouble is that afaik it only
supports
> > database functions in the other apps like a word merge or spreadsheet
tables
> > ...there is no standalone product interface, front-end, or VBA like
program
> > support ...which means its not even close to MySQL as a db development
> > environment, much less Access :(
>
> >> The database has always been seperate, not sure why, other than
> >> tradition.  The name of the database app is Adabase D.  If you can find
> >> that somewhere then you're home free.  I think I have a copy of it, but
> >> the uni here also has a software contract with Sun.  I will say that
6.0
> >> was a huge improvement over 5.2, mostly because 5.2 had a massive
> >> integrated desktop environment that you had to use in order to use the
> >> suite.  6.0 got rid of that garbage entirely.  I think it's much nicer
> >> now.
>
> In StarOffice 5 Adabas D was included as a separate install. Adabas D
> was nothing more than an engine (like MySQL and PostgreSQL) not a
> development tool like Access.
>
> I haven't had the time to play with StarOffice 6 but as I've
> understood it, Adabas D was pulled from the package because no one
> used it. Instead a "Starbase" is added which from the description
> sounds like something like "a beginner's Approach" (anybody please
> correct me).
>
> Adabas D is in family with SAP DB which, too, is an engine only but a
> powerful one (with some admin and sys tools) and not a development
> tool. It is crossplatform an regarding capabilities, capacity and
> features much more like Oracle and DB2 as it can run the huge SAP R/3
> application. It is, however, totally free even for commercial
> applications, but even though it is not a spin-off from SAP but fully
> supported via an excellent mail list run by SAP.
>
> Everything is on-line an worth a look if you need an engine for a
> large database (limit is 32TB):
>
>   http://www.sapdb.org/
>
> /gustav
>
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