[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Richard Maher]

"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote in message 
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> 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 ?

Nothing useful has been done with Rdb for years. Bit like VMS really only 
worse :-(

Just enough work to keep the ex-VMS snouts in the trough. Rdb "development" 
could have been outsourced to Bangalore years ago and you wouldn't see any 
difference except maybe Ian Smith et al having to work for a living.

Row-Cache my arse! Yeah that really caught on with all other DBMSs didn't 
it?

Regards Richard Maher