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In article <gthomas.720249182@unixg.ubc.ca> gthomas@unixg.ubc.ca (Guy R Thomas)  
writes:
> I have been looking for information about the possiblity of running INGRES on 
> the NeXT.  My feble attempt at compiling the distribution have failed.  Has
> a port been done for the mach os?
> 
> Guy
> gthomas@native-ed.bc.ca

There is no current Ingres 6.n for the NeXT, though a version 5 port was done  
some time ago.

The current strategy on the part of some of us who care has been to lobby hard  
for Ingres support for DBkit to at least allow Ingres application front end  
development to be done. I spent a fair amount of time trying to leverage NeXT  
and Ingres (and then Data General when they announced their "deal" with NeXT)  
on this, and it has paid off to some degree.

What you want to do is contact Rathe, Inc. They have developed a middleware  
product that will connect a DBkit NeXTstation to an Ingres backend database  
elsewhere. Here is a copy of their recent press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:							        
Greg Noel
(612) 225-1401


Penultimate Development to Release DBConnect for Ingres

SAINT PAUL, MN--October 7, 1992--Penultimate Development today announced
the upcoming release of DBConnect for Ingres - a NeXT Database Kit
Adaptor for Ingres database software.  Scheduled for final release
in late October, DBConnect for Ingres will allow NeXT users to easily
access and manipulate data from a network Ingres database server.  

DBConnect for Ingres is designed to work with NeXT's Database Kit (DBKit)
to provide custom, object oriented tools for creating Ingres database
applications on the NeXT platform.  Both NeXT Computer and Ingres
have pledged full support of the product.

DBConnect for Ingres features three main components:  an Ingres DBKit
Adaptor, a DBConnect API (Application Program Interface), and an
IngresConnect Server. The Ingres DBKit Adaptor provides a convenient
interface to the Ingres software, allowing a developer to integrate
complete Ingres functionality with the NeXT Interface Builder and DBKit
Object Library to develop custom NeXT applications.  The provided
DBConnect API allows any Ingres application to be ported for use
on a NeXT workstation.  The product's IngresConnect Server runs on
the Ingres UNIX host and allows the custom NeXT application to
manipulate the Ingres database.

"Our goal is to provide customized tools to aid the NeXT developer,"
says Greg Noel, product manager for Penultimate Development.  
"We saw an opportunity to expand the functionality of NeXTSTEP 3.0
by creating an adaptor for one of the most popular relational 
database packages available--Ingres."

Noel says that Penultimate Development and its software development
partner--Rathe Inc.--plan to release several new NeXT development 
tools in the near future, including other custom DBKit Adaptors 
for major relational database software.

For more information about DBConnect for Ingres, Penultimate Development,
or Rathe Inc., contact Greg Noel by phone at 612/225-1401, or by fax
at 612/223-5388.  Address written inquiries to:  Penultimate Development,
1319 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, MN  55105.
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Regards,

Noam

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