Abstract

This article identified three combinations of hardware and database software for multiuser applications: mainframe or minicomputer-based, microcomputer network with first generation LAN database, and microcomputer network with a client-server database. It compares their desirability on five “: decision variables”: power, cost effectiveness, number of users, comfort, and control. Main-frame computers scored lower than network computing. Both networks combinations offer power, cost effectiveness, comfort and control, but the client-server LAN database architecture is emerging as the one of choice, particularly as the number of users increases. They offer a combination of computing power, ease of use, and new functionality which promises to release marketing from the confines of the mainframe world.

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