In comp.databases.sybase Andy Hardy <Andy_Hardy_at_camk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: In article <6c04dr$5b8$1_at_pebble.ml.org>, Joel Garry
: <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org> writes
:>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.
: Bit of a shame that, because Linux was actually used on 100+ Alphas to
: help do the graphics...
: Not quite sure why I'd want to store the results in a database though...
Who the hell cares??? I mean do people reading about Informix, Sybase
or Oracle DB's really care?
But I am glad to see a thread with Linux in it. There just isn't enough
stupid threads about Linux these days!!
Received on Fri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00:00 CST
