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

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <49b5cee4$0$90270$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> 	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> 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 ?
> 
> How many does it need?  Does it do the job people choose it for?
> Is the target being capable of doing a job ir keeping up with
> the Jones's?

The expectations to a database is not constant over time.

People want more features all the time.

The production I list has added a ton of features the last
10 years.

If RDB want to be a general competitor they need new features
as well.

If the plan is to let RDB support the existing apps that are not
being developed much, then RDB does not need the new features. But
there is not much of a future in that.

Arne