[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Thomas Wirt]

On 8/3/2012 3:29 PM, JF Mezei wrote:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> OK, so it appears there was real development done, but nothing earth
> shattering (which is to be expected on an older product compared to a
> new one that gets plenty of new features added in early releases to
> catch up)
>
I am not a DBA, but I know a few.  I have heard them say in the last few 
years that RDB on VMS is still the best DB engine out there.  If you 
don't consider the features added as being a big deal, then what would 
you expect.  It strikes me that the changes to any mature DB these days 
will revolve around bug fixes, better monitoring capabilities, and 
ability to handle ever lager sets of data.  It seems like RDB is doing 
that these days.

Just my humble opinion.  I could be wrong.  :)

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Thomas Wirt
Operations Manager, IS Dept.
Kittle's Home Furnishings
Indianapolis, IN