[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

JF Mezei wrote 2012-08-03 19:53:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
>> For Rdb, it would have been unlogical to stop development
>> on IA64 but not on Alpha.
>
> I ask this honestly: How much real development was still beig done on
> RDB prior to the "we won't develop on IA64 anymore" event ?
>
> Was RDB basically in maintenance mode with tweaks and ensuring it works
> on new VMS versions, or was it truly still actively being
> developped/changed with new features ?
>

I guess it very much depends on two things:

1:
What exactly is a "new feature" ? Is it enough that it
it listed under "new features" in the release docs?
Or do you have some private definition?

2:
What timeframe are you talking about?

And, you can/could of course look this up yourself, not ?

See:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/rdb/learnmore/rdb-pmatrix-rdb-086351.html

and check the release notes for each release. The last four years:

2009: 4 releases
2010: 2 releases
2011: 1 release (7.2.5.0, a "new feature" release)
2012: 2 releases (so far)

Then check :
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/rdb/documentation/index.html

and check the release notes. The four newest RN's has this number
of sections in the "new features in this release" chapter:

7.2.5.2: 2 ("bug fix" release)
7.2.5.1: 4 ("bug fix" release)
7.2.5.0: 27. This was June-2011, one year ago.

Here is the list of "7.1 Enhancements And Changes Provided in
Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.5.0. :

7.1.1 RMU /SHOW STATISTICS /ROWS= and /COLUMNS=Feature
7.1.2 New LIMIT Clauses Implemented for the CREATE and ALTER PROFILE Statement
7.1.3 Use of RMS MBC Larger Than 127
7.1.4 New Optimizations for the LIKE Predicate
7.1.5 Additional Database Storage Area Checks
7.1.6 New Optimizations for the STARTING WITH Predicate
7.1.7 New Optimizations for the CONTAINING Predicate
7.1.8 Monitor Memory Management Enhancements
7.1.9 Average Transaction Duration Display Precision Increased
7.1.10 Support for New CONCAT_WS Builtin Function
7.1.11 New SYSTIMESTAMP Function Added
7.1.12 New SET FLAGS Keyword to Control Optimizer Query Rewrite
7.1.13 New SYS_GUID Function Added
7.1.14 New COMPRESSION Clause for DECLARE LOCAL TEMPORARY TABLE Statement
7.1.15 New COMPRESSION Clause for CREATE TABLE Statement
7.1.16 Support for 2 TiB Storage Area Files
7.1.17 New RMU/ALTER Feature to Modify the Root and Area Header Unique 
Identifier
7.1.18 New MATCHING Predicate
7.1.19 New RMU/BACKUP−RESTORE Feature to Check Database Page Integrity
7.1.20 New RMU/DUMP/BACKUP /AREA, /START and /END Qualifiers
7.1.21 Reduced CPU Usage and Improved Performance
7.1.22 New Logical Name to Control Sizing of LIST OF BYTE VARYING Pointer 
Segments
7.1.23 RMU /BACKUP Performance Improvements
7.1.24 New RMU/BACKUP/ENCRYPT "%RMU−I−ENCRYPTUSED" Message Added
7.1.25 New DATABASE_HANDLE Option for the GET DIAGNOSTICS Statement
7.1.26 New SYS_GET_DIAGNOSTIC Function Supported for SQL
7.1.27 Improved Error Handling for Database Disk Backup File Sets

I've no idea how many of these qualify as "new features" in your world
but I guess that there have been a fair deal of worktime put into this.

Jan-Erik.