Metaphor Computer Systems Inc has added gateways that enable users of the Metaphor Data Interpretation System to access databases on Teradata DBC/1012 computers and Oracle Corp databases on DEC VAX computers directly, so that users of either can take advantage of the full range of Metaphor interpretation capabilities, from data entry and access, to analysis, presentation and application development that so appealed to 10% shareholder IBM: the hardware and software Teradata Gateway transmits commands generated by the Metaphor software and puts retrieved data into Metaphor format, and costs from $65,000 to $205,000, depending on the number of users and the processing power of the Teradata system; Oracle VAX systems are $35,000 to $75,000.
