Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Adabas database usage

Is there _any_ database that people use that doesn't have a JDBC driver 
at this point?
Maybe we can keep our lives simple by only enabling JDBC drivers?

Marc-André Laverdière
Software Security Scientist
Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services
Hyderabad, India

On 06/12/2011 02:19 AM, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 01:18:47PM -0700, NoOp wrote:
> > On 06/11/2011 12:42 PM, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:47:54AM -0700, NoOp wrote:
>
> > > As far as I know, nobody has used Adabas D since 2004, and the stuff is
> > > proprietary crippleware at best.
> > > There are much better options today if you want to use a serious database
> > > engine.
> >
> > Then perhaps the driver should be updated to support Adabas 8.2?
> > <http://www.softwareag.com/corporate/products/new_releases/adabas/default.asp>
>
> It can't be: the driver is for "Adabas D" and Adabas (no D) is a different
> product.
>
> > The Community Edition is version 6.1.8.
>
> This "Community Edition" is an old, crippled version of the "Adabas D"
> product.
> Apart from the name, it has nothing to do with the real Adabas database;
> according to Wikipedia, Software AG bought the engine from a different
> company and renamed it in the 1990s.
>
> The PDF fact sheet on
> http://www.softwareag.com/Corporate/products/adabas/rela_3rd_prod/adad/default.asp
> is dated from 2007 and includes a reference to Adabas D 14; with such a
> version gap 4 years ago, I can't help believing the "community version"
> has been abandoned ...

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