Re: New Package Questions

Hi, On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 01:34 -0400, Philippe Jausions wrote: > Gordon Heydon wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 08:24 +0800, Alan Knowles wrote: > > > >>Care to explain what exactly it is, the website is full of marketing > >>bumf... > > > > U2 is made up of 2 primary database UniData and UniVerse which are > > "clones" of the old PICK systems. They are a very different beast to the > > SQL databases of today and have a very large following. They are also > > are used by a lot of very large organisation. You would also be right in > > calling then legacy systems but they are still very much in demand. > > > >>>From the looks of things u2 is some kind of database? - redback being > >>some kind of object layer ontop of it. > >> > >>It may end up being DB_U2.. - but then again, somebody might think that > >>was a database of U2 songs ;) > > > > It is not really a DB access as you would think of it in terms of a > > mysql or an oracle. I did get the suggestion from Arnaud Limbourg of > > using RedPear which brings into line with the ASP and JSP gateway names. > > It sounds like a kind of DB_DataObject communicating to the database > server through a web service... Am I correct? Yes putting it that way actually describes it as well. > Of course the best would be to use RedBack in the name, with a > disclaimer regarding the tradename. Afterall, PEAR packages are already > full of mysql, sqlserver and other tradenames... > > Anyway, I'm not sure that the Networking category is well suited for > this package. I would suggest DB_DataObject_U2 but that's getting long > to type... What about DB_RedBack because anyone who uses U2 products will know about RedBack. Thanks for your assistance. Gordon.