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=20 09:44 AM --------------------------- "NW on Novell NetWare" <NovellNetWare@bdcimail.com< on 03/15/2000 08:55:09 = AM Please respond to "Novell NetWare Help" <NWReplies@bellevue.com< To: <vkamins@enron.com< cc: =20 Subject: Btrieve free ride ends NETWORK WORLD FUSION FOCUS: DAVE KEARNS on NOVELL NETWARE Today's Focus: Btrieve free ride ends 03/14/00 Dear Wincenty Kaminski, Today's Focus: Btrieve free ride ends --------------------------------------------------------------- By Dave Kearns NetWare has shipped with Btrieve (originally a flat-file database system, now grown into a full-fledged relational database system) since the days of NetWare 2 some 12 years ago. Many independent software vendors have relied on this and constructed their NetWare applications to use the built-in facilities Btrieve afforded. Originally licensed from its creator, Softcraft, Novell bought Btrieve outright in the late =01+80s, then sold it off 10 years later to some of the original developers, now incorporated as Pervasive Software. Pervasive has, essentially, retired the Btrieve name in favor of "Pervasive SQL 2000," a true relational database system which nevertheless still purports to support applications written to the Btrieve 6.x specification. A major change has been introduced in NetWare 5.1, however. There is no longer an unlimited-use version of the database included. Novell still uses Btrieve technology for (among other things) its installed products database (sys:system\products.dat is the file), but NetWare 5.1 includes only a two-user license for SQL 2000 enough for the administrator to add new products and services, but not enough for any Btrieve-based applications the network might be running. There is an unlimited-use version of SQL 2000 included, but it=01,s an evaluation version only. It will time out after 90 days. Full-use licenses may be purchased from Pervasive Software (or your software vendors may provide them), but unsuspecting network administrators could be caught off-guard when applications stop working. For the adventurous, there is an unlimited-use version of Btrieve 6.10 included with the NetWare 5.1 distribution. But Novell admits it hasn't tested the software with NetWare 5.1, it may not work, and the real killer most current applications (such as Computer Associates ArcServe) require Btrieve 6.15. Check the applications you're using before doing that upgrade to NetWare 5.1, and calculate the additional costs of obtaining the requisite number of SQL 2000 licenses. Then, decide if that's what you want to do, or if switching to a different application is the better choice. To contact Dave Kearns: ----------------------- Dave Kearns is the Word Wrangler for Virtual Quill, a writing agency serving the computer and networking industries. If your target customer doesn't know your product, doesn't know its uses and doesn't know he needs it, he's not going to buy it. From books to reviews, marketing to manuals, VQ can help you and your business. Virtual Quill - "words to sell by..." Find out more at: http://www.vquill.com/, or by e-mail at mailto:info@vquill.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR RELATED LINKS -- Click here for Network World's home page: http://www.nwfusion.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pervasive.SQL=01v 2000 Product Family SDK http://www.pervasive.com/products/psql/sdk/ Understanding Pervasive.SQL 2000, a white paper (PDF) http://www.pervasive.com/products/psql/psql_wkgrengine/workgroupwp.pdf Migration Guide 6 to Pervasive.SQL.doc http://www.pervasive.com/support/technical/papers/Migration%20Guide%20-%206= .15 %20to%20Pervasive.SQL.pdf Other NetWare-related articles from Network World: Active Directory upgrade requires strong game plan, Network World, 03/13/00 http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2000/89629_03-13-2000.html Microsoft exec sketches future for Win 2000, Network World, 03/13/00 http://www.nwfusion.com/archive/2000/89698_03-13-2000.html ********************************************************* Subscription Services To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World e-mail newsletters, go to: http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/news/scripts/notprinteditnews.asp To change your email address, go to: http://www.nwwsubscribe.com/news/scripts/changeemail.asp Subscription questions? Contact Customer Service by replying to this message. Other Questions/Comments Have editorial comments? Write Jeff Caruso, Newsletter Editor, at: mailto:jcaruso@nww.com For advertising information, write Jamie Kalbach, Account Executive, at: mailto:jkalbach@nww.com Network World Fusion is part of IDG.net, the IDG Online Network. IT All Starts Here: http://www.idg.com Copyright Network World, Inc., 2000
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