Re: Oracle History??

From: Richard Foote <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:49:01 +1000
Message-ID: <F1GC9.80274$g9.226215@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>

Hi Howard,

I got this from old notes and stuff I've kept:

1. Oracle 1
   • Ran on PDP-11 under RSX, 128K memory
   • Written in assembly language
   • Separate Oracle code and user code due to memory limitations of RSX
   • David Bowie toured Australia for the first time
2. Oracle 2
   • Ran on VAX/VMS in compatibility mode
   • Written in PDP-11 assembly language
   • David Bowie made No 1 with Ashes To Ashes single
3. Oracle 3
   • Written in C
   • Retained split architecture
   • Introduced transactions
   • David Bowie starred in the BBC production of Baal
4. Oracle 4
   • Introduced read consistency
   • Ported to many platforms
   • First interoperability between PC and Server
   • David Bowie release the "Tonight" album. No 1 in England.
5. Oracle 5
   • True client-server
   • VAX cluster support
   • Distributed queries
   • David Bowie produced Iggy Pop's "Blab Blah Blah" album
6. Oracle 6
   • OLTP performance enhancements
   • Online backup and recovery
   • Row level locking
   • PL/SQL procedures
   • Parallel server
   • David Bowie fronted Tin Machine (unfortunately)
7. Oracle 7
   • Shared SQL
   • Data Warehousing
   • Parallel everything
   • Advanced Replication
   • David Bowie release "Black Tie/White Noise" to rave reviews
8. Oracle 8
   • Object-relational database
   • Partitioning
   • David Bowie released "Earthling"

Hope it's of some use.

Cheers

Richard
"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:D9AC9.80088$g9.225516_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...

> Does anyone know of a set of documentation outlining when features first
> appeared in various Oracle versions? For example, I believe that Parallel
> Server first made an appearance in version 5 in 1989. But I've only got a
> rather dodgy source for that belief, and I'd like the donkey's doo-dah's
> last word in authorative truth on the matter. Just as an example.
>
> Is there such a document ('cos I can't find it if so)?
>
> Personal reminiscences are appreciated, but not quite the definitive

source

> I was after!
>
> Cheers
> HJR
>
>

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