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From: Henry Zabokrzycki <henryz@nt.com>
Subject: Re: What is this Gemstone database?
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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 19:33:26 GMT
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In article <Jan-2702962112150001@206.116.214.1>,
Jan Steinman <Jan@Bytesmiths.com> wrote:
>Gilbert Banks wrote:
>> 
>> What is this Gemstone database?  I hear it is a fully Object-oriented
>database.
>> I have tried to find material on it, but I have found general articles.
>> 
>> Gilbert Banks
>> gilbertb@bnr.ca (BNR400)
>
>Well, it might best be described as a multi-user, thread-safe, non-GUI,
>persistent Smalltalk, but for years they've been paranoid about the "S"
>word, so they called it an OODBMS instead! (Okay Marc, Bruce, Alan -- go
>ahead and jump all over me! :-)
>
>However, you should talk to some people in your organization. NT (which
>your bnr.ca address indicates you are a part of) recently did a big
>licensing deal with GemStone.
>

Corporate discounts are negotiated with many vendors.

>Who's in charge of keeping BNR people talking to each other, anyway?

Each and every employee.

>Perhaps they'd like to contract that task out? :-)
>

Newbies generally catch on fast to the various internal sources, such as our own
news groups. There's always room for improvement, but I doubt you'd ever be
satisfied with whatever you bid for such a service. 

> : Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@Bytesmiths.com>
> : Bytesmiths, the Smalltalk specialists <http://www.bytesmiths.com>
> : 2002 Parkside Court, West Linn, OR 97068 USA +1 503 657 7703

