Re: Orbitz dumps RAC for better reliability

"Keith" <nospam_at_nospam.com> wrote in message news:vhf46a464qn62_at_news.supernews.com...

> Stonebraker's original contribution is far different from today's
> PostgreSQL. Also it is based on postgres not Ingres. Ingres goes back to
> earlier work. Please research before you post.

You the one that should research. You seem to forget you're talking with someone who has been in IT for 28 years. Where the heck do you think Postgres got its name and origins and initial research? Hint: that name started getting used in the 80's. Cripes, some people are thick...

> Note: good designs comes often come from academia or research
> institutions like Bell Labs.

Who is discussing "good design"? I said the darn thing is incapable of doing proper data management. What's that got to do with "good design"? It's BASIC PLUMBING, for cripes' sake!

> Relational Data Management came from an
> academic and researcher, E.F. Codd.

Listen, idiot: I said DATA MANAGEMENT, not Relational Data Management. there is no such thing as the later. Can you JUST FOR ONCE make an effort to understand what is being said?

> Larry and his cohorts simple ripped
> off the research paper.

Just like all the IBM mob, Ingres and DEC. What else is new?

> In my opinion, Oracle today is simply an organization of Marketeers and
> salespeople.

Oh dear! And all the competition isn't? Tsk,tsk....

Why don't you just wake up and smell the rows? Here is a free hint: tells us all something we don't know?

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