Re: Oracle History??

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 02:53:16 GMT
Message-ID: <BA018A87.2D39%markbtownsend@attbi.com>

in article FQQC9.80630$g9.227235_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com, Howard J. Rogers at howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au wrote on 11/20/02 11:00 AM:

> Well, I think they should, because on closer inspection of the document Mark
> kindly posted a link to, I discover it wasn't so perfect after all. For a
> start, it disagrees with Oracle's own website (the link Karsten posted)
> about when Parallel Server was first available (it agrees with my first
> thoughts that it was 1989, but the Oracle website says 1985).

I'd take the content on oracle.com with a little bit of a grain of salt. It doesn't actually say Parallel Server, it says 'Offers a parallel server database'

It sort of all depends on what meaning you attach to 'Offers ...' and 'a parallel server database'

It's true that some early OPS technology was available in 1985 with V5. However, the general consensus is 6.2 on VMS.

> And its a bit
> skimpy on detail such as 'what is the background of interMedia', which I
> know I can get fro Tom Kyte's Expert One-on-One... the question is, where
> did *he* get it from, and why can't we get similar potted histories for any
> given product or feature?

InterMedia was a term coined to cover text, video, image and audio support. Text, as firstly Text*Retrieval, then Context, had been around since the Version 6 days. Audio and Video support was announced for Oracle7.3, for the universal server wars. Text, Audio, Video and Image support became "interMedia" in 8i.

> It's a big job, but the Corporation should definitely have an archivist.

> Regards
> HJR
>
>
> "Alex Filonov" <afilonov_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:336da121.0211200933.558b827b_at_posting.google.com...

>> 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?

>
>
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