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   From: rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca   
      
   "michael newport"  wrote in message   
   news:63b202d.0410180308.274b9516@posting.google.com...   
   > tell your friend Scott that he should stop wasting his time with DB2 and   
   Oracle.   
   >   
   > Use Ingres instead, it does the same stuff as the other 2, but its FREE.   
   >   
   Thank you, that is also a useful answer.   
      
   But is cost the only reason you are recommending Ingres or does it do more   
   things better than Oracle and DB2? I haven't used Ingres either so I have no   
   idea. I'm pretty sure Scott has not used it either.   
      
   Rhino   
      
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