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Date:	Sun, 20 Sep 1998 08:09:33 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Need help selecting DB2

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I've finally found a DB2 description page at
http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/udb/about.html (it's linked off the
main page with a small "About" button).

The DB2 "Personal" edition isn't network-aware and the "Enterprise"
editions are far more than I need (they're cross-platform).

That leaves:
$999 DB2 UDB Workgroup Edition V5
999 DB2 Universal Developer's Edition V5

The descriptions on the IBM site are:
- DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Edition--a multi-user
DB2 database for applications and data shared in a
workgroup or department setting on PC-based LANs.
- DB2 Universal Developer's Edition--provides all the
tools required for one software developer to develop
client/server applications to run on DB2 Universal
Database and business tools and applications for a
company's business on any supported platform.

If I buy these two packages, do I get the functionality that I want?
- a database, like dBase or dbExpert.
- works both standalone or on a network.
- I can write programs for it in both C++ and Java.
- I'll be "really cool".

Anybody?

- Peter Skye

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