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	A multivalue system by UK based Ladybridge Systems. ~~It is low cost at 65 pounds per seat - about US$130 (July 2008 exchange rates)~~, ~~including upgrades to new releases~~ for one year. The upgrade period can be extended to 10 years for a 25% extra charge. There are no mandatory maintenance contracts, support being charged on an hourly basis, so total cost of ownership is very much lower than some other products.		A very low cost multivalue system by UK based Ladybridge Systems. QM has integrated technologies such as object oriented programming, exception handling and support for arbitrarily multi-dimensional data into the familiar multivalue environment.

	The correct name of the product is [[OpenQM]] but everyone abbreviates it to QM in general reference. There is a misbelief that the name QM refers to the commercial product and [[OpenQM]] to the open source version. The Open in [[OpenQM]] simply refers to the fact that there is an open source version available.		The correct name of the product is [[OpenQM]] but everyone abbreviates it to QM in general reference. There is a misbelief that the name QM refers to the commercial product and [[OpenQM]] to the open source version. The Open in [[OpenQM]] simply refers to the fact that there is an open source version available for developers who want to experiment with ideas for possible inclusion in the commercial product..

	QM is based on the "Information style" multivalue model, very much like [[UniVerse]], Unidata, etc but has options to select "Pick style" compatibility. The QMClient API gives access to QM from VB, C, Excel VBA, etc. [[AccuTerm]] is bundled with commercial licences.		QM is based on the "Information style" multivalue model, very much like [[UniVerse]], Unidata, etc but has options to select "Pick style" compatibility. The QMClient API gives access to QM from VB, C, Excel VBA, Java, PHP, etc. [[AccuTerm]] is bundled with commercial licences.

	QM uses a high performance, self-tuning dynamic hashed file system so there is no need for resizing. (~~Many~~ QM users do not even have a system administrator.) The hashed file system is "binary clean" in that it has no reserved characters and can therefore store binary data such as bit mapped images. There are also "directory files" - much like UV's type 19 - for data exchange with the outside world.		QM uses a high performance, self-tuning dynamic hashed file system so there is no need for resizing. (Some QM users do not even have a system administrator.) The hashed file system is "binary clean" in that it has no reserved characters and can therefore store binary data such as bit mapped images. There are also "directory files" - much like UV's type 19 - for data exchange with the outside world.

	~~QM has a very low resource usage both in memory and processor power. It is available~~ for ~~Windows (98 upwards)~~, ~~Linux~~, ~~Mac ([[PowerPC]] and Intel)~~ and ~~Windows Mobile PDAs~~.		Other key features include support for 32/64 bit environments, IPV6 networking, the Virtual File System for access to external data stores, and Unicode support.

	~~Low cost doesn't mean~~ low ~~quality or poor functionality~~. QM is ~~highly stable~~ and is taking multivalue into new areas such as Object Oriented programming. The QM user base has mostly come from migrations from other multivalue systems with D3 and [[UniVerse]] about equal at the time of writing.		QM has a very low resource usage both in memory and processor power. It is available for all current versions of Windows, most Linux variants, Mac, AIX, Solaris (Intel) and others.

	For more information: http://www.openqm.com/		For more information: http://www.openqm.com/

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A multivalue system by UK based Ladybridge Systems. It is low cost at 65 pounds per seat - about US$130 (July 2008 exchange rates), including upgrades to new releases for one year. The upgrade period can be extended to 10 years for a 25% extra charge. There are no mandatory maintenance contracts, support being charged on an hourly basis, so total cost of ownership is very much lower than some other products.

The correct name of the product is [[OpenQM]] but everyone abbreviates it to QM in general reference. There is a misbelief that the name QM refers to the commercial product and [[OpenQM]] to the open source version. The Open in [[OpenQM]] simply refers to the fact that there is an open source version available.

QM is based on the "Information style" multivalue model, very much like [[UniVerse]], Unidata, etc but has options to select "Pick style" compatibility. The QMClient API gives access to QM from VB, C, Excel VBA, etc. [[AccuTerm]] is bundled with commercial licences.

QM uses a high performance, self-tuning dynamic hashed file system so there is no need for resizing. (Many QM users do not even have a system administrator.) The hashed file system is "binary clean" in that it has no reserved characters and can therefore store binary data such as bit mapped images. There are also "directory files" - much like UV's type 19 - for data exchange with the outside world.

QM has a very low resource usage both in memory and processor power. It is available for Windows (98 upwards), Linux, Mac ([[PowerPC]] and Intel) and Windows Mobile PDAs.

Low cost doesn't mean low quality or poor functionality. QM is highly stable and is taking multivalue into new areas such as Object Oriented programming. The QM user base has mostly come from migrations from other multivalue systems with D3 and [[UniVerse]] about equal at the time of writing.

For more information: http://www.openqm.com/

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