Re: Oracle History??

http://www.osborne.com/products/0072192798/0072192798_ch01.pdf

I think Ken Jacobs at least reviewed this (I'll check tomorrow)

in article F1GC9.80274$g9.226215_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com, Richard Foote at richard.foote_at_bigpond.com wrote on 11/19/02 11:49 PM:

> Hi Howard,
>
> I got this from old notes and stuff I've kept:
>
> 1978: 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
>
> 1980: 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
>
> 1982: Oracle 3
> - Written in C
> - Retained split architecture
> - Introduced transactions
> - David Bowie starred in the BBC production of Baal
>
> 1984: 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.
>
> 1986: Oracle 5
> - True client-server
> - VAX cluster support
> - Distributed queries
> - David Bowie produced Iggy Pop's "Blab Blah Blah" album
>
> 1989: Oracle 6
> - OLTP performance enhancements
> - Online backup and recovery
> - Row level locking
> - PL/SQL procedures
> - Parallel server
> - David Bowie fronted Tin Machine (unfortunately)
>
> 1993: Oracle 7
> - Shared SQL
> - Data Warehousing
> - Parallel everything
> - Advanced Replication
> - David Bowie release "Black Tie/White Noise" to rave reviews
>
> 1997: 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

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