Re: Movie "TITANIC" - Which database used to make it?

In article <slrn6e34d8.2bt.oracle_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com>, Neil Chandler <oracle_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com> wrote:
>In article <34E07F6A.7AD1_at_hotmail.com>, al dev wrote:
>>Movie "TITANIC" which won 14 OSCAR awards, GLOBE award and the best
>>movie
>>of the year (which already made $300 million US dollars in box office)
>>is
>> made with Linux and PostgreSQL!!
>>The entire animation and computer graphics was done
>>on Linux Digital Alpha box and PostgreSQL was used to store the data!!
>>When you see the movie "TITANIC" you are actually seeing the "LIVE DEMO"
>>of Linux and PostgreSQL!! Also Linux won the "Network Operating system
>>of the
>>year 1997" as per InfoWorld January 97 issue. The message is - for all
>> your database needs use PostgreSQL.
>
>No. This is 'large' database forum, generally used for holding corporate
>data.
>Linus and PostgreSQL may be OK for a graphics company but I would not
>allow it to hold a corporate data warehouse, matey.
>Choose a good database. Choose life.
>I am not getting pulled into another 'but linux is free' debate - it's free
>for a very good reason...
>
>Neil Chandler
>Oracle DBA
>
>
>

Now postgres and the Titanic are inextricably linked in my mind. Linux managed to speed away, though.

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