[Info-vax] OT: Elephants Can't Dance

[Richard Maher]

Hi Arne,

> How many new features has been added to RDB the last 10 years
> compared to Oracle Classic, DB2, SQLServer and the rest ?

Fair question; anyone got an answer? But after Row Ca$h, what was left to do
:-(

And although Rdb staffing levels don't appear to be suffering the same
obliteration as those of VMS Engineering, there have been senior staff going
or retiring and not being replaced. Sadly this natural attrition hasn't
stopped another Robert Mugabe from clinging to power :-(

Cheers Richard Maher

"Arne Vajhøj" <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote in message
news:49b5cee4$0$90270$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk...
> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
> > In article <0096169d$0$13561$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei
> > <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> >> But now, if VMS is under new onwership, the new onwer might have a talk
> >> with Ellison showing how they will put life back into VMS, and you
might
> >> see Oracle put life back into RDB if they see the new owner is serious
> >> about it.
> >
> > What do you mean by "put life back into Rdb"?  The only thing it
> > possibly lacks is marketing.
>
> How many new features has been added to RDB the last 10 years
> compared to Oracle Classic, DB2, SQLServer and the rest ?
>
> Arne
>