The PC Products Division of Oracle Corp, Belmont, California has been discussing its personal computer database server strategy with a series of server products for various operating systems and network environments. The company offers Oracle Servers for OS/2, Unix 386, Vines and NetWare 386, which can be accessed from MS-DOS, OS/2, MacOS and Unix, and are supported on Novell NetWare, 3Com 3+Open, IBM LAN Server and Banyan Vines local area networks. Oracle Servers also su`port a variety of communications protocols: APPC/LU6.2, DECnet, TCP/IP, 3270 data streams and asynchronous communications, and are based on a unique open architecture that delivers high performance for both on-line transaction processing and query-based applications. Oracle claims over 30 independent software vendors have announced support for Oracle Servers and plan to release products for MS DOS, Unix or the Macintosh over the coming months that run with Oracle. The developer version of Oracle Server includes software based on Oracle Version 6, documentation and interconnection software for Novell, IBM and 3Com networks. The Developer Version also includes a bundled copy of Oracle dBXL for instantly converting dBase applications to run on Oracle Servers, plus one year of Oracle technical support. The Developer Version will be available late next month at $3,000; Oracle Server for Vines, at $5,000 will be available in August. Oracle Servers for OS/2 and Unix 386 will be available in the autumn at $2,500; Oracle Server for Unix is $4,000, and Oracle Server for NetWare 386 will be released in 1990 with the pricing to set nearer the announcement.
