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.
>
> Note: good designs comes often come from academia or research
> institutions like Bell Labs. Relational Data Management came from an
> academic and researcher, E.F. Codd. Larry and his cohorts simple ripped
> off the research paper.
>
> In my opinion, Oracle today is simply an organization of Marketeers and
> salespeople.
>
And what's wrong with that? Microsoft isn't a hair better, and it has made Bill Gates rich and famous. How many RDBMS vendors have implemented the Date and Codd theories to the letter. If you are such an academic buff, you know the answer: 0 (ZERO)

You seem to live in the misapprehension you can market your favorite free toy software with flames and rants to mature products. Obviously, you'll never get as rich as Larry and Bill

No regards

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Fri Jul 18 2003 - 11:52:03 CEST