i think it's REALLY expensive. Of course they don't post their price
list. Another IMDB (in memory database) is TimesTen
(http://www.timesten.com). When i was looking at timesten they quoted
me $20,000 for the first server and $10,000 for each additional server.
This was a while ago, so their prices may have changed.
Steve
"McCollough, Alan" wrote:
>
> Fellas, to tell ya what I know, I haven't a clue what it costs. However, our
> institution uses a patient care database that lives off of one of the
> components of Cache. As a result, we have alredy purchased the licneses we
> need to use Cache' for our environment. I haven't a clue what the licensing
> costs; howeve, I've heard from other folks around my office that its a lot
> cheaper than Microsoft; and that Intersystems (the makers of Cahce') is far
> more liberal in their licensing policy than MS.
>
> I agree with y'all about their website having the dreaded "call for pricing"
> thing, though. I'm a firm believer in the "Just say what the darn thing
> costs, okay?" system.
>
> Alan McCollough
> Web Programmer
> Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> Alaska Native Medical Center
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hal Helms [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 11:01 AM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
> >
> > Alan,
> >
> > How expensive is the thing? I always worry when I see a "Call for pricing"
> > sticker...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:19 PM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
> >
> >
> > Sorry about that. Cache is a RDBMS, like MS SQL or Oracle. They call it a
> > "Post-Relational Database", and of course, have tons of jargon about how
> > incredible it is, but I've looked at it quite a bit, and actually, its
> > mega-slick.
> >
> > We already have it running here in-house, I've just never used it for my
> > purposes.
> >
> > One thing interesting about Cache is that it is based heavily on UML
> > concepts; instead of databases, tables, fields, etc., you have Classes,
> > Methods, Properties, etc... Quite object oriented. Fits in tightly with
> > FUseML.
> >
> > For us, at least, we already have tons of licenses for Cache, so we don't
> > need to shell out $$$$$$$ for licensing. That makes it a no-brainer for
> > us.
> > So its Heave-Ho, MS SQL is gonna go.
> >
> > Alan McCollough
> > Web Programmer
> > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > Alaska Native Medical Center
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Josh [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 8:59 AM
> > > To: Fusebox
> > > Subject: Re: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
> > >
> > > You keep saying "Cache", is this a standalone DB or what? Some sort of
> > > cool tool?
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