Re: Oracle History??

afilonov_at_yahoo.com (Alex Filonov) wrote in message news:<336da121.0211192130.78afb2bf_at_posting.google.com>...
> "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
>
> Sorry, can't give references. May be couple of days later.
>
> Set operations: union, minus, intersect: v5
>
> Read-only consistency: v6. There was a white paper, I don't think it's possible
> to find it now. There was also an article, probably in Byte magazine in 1989(?).
>
> Cost-based optimizer: v7. White paper might be still available on Metalink, but
> I'm not sure. Need to check.

No white paper on metalink.

May be it's time for Oracle to open online museum? Thoughts? Received on Wed Nov 20 2002 - 11:33:55 CST