[Info-vax] Message from HP.

["Gérard Calliet (pia-sofer)"]

Le 11/12/2013 16:16, Jan-Erik Soderholm a écrit :
> Bill Gunshannon wrote 2013-12-11 15:52:
>> In article <l89tcr$nbo$1 at news.albasani.net>,
>>     Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>>> Bill Gunshannon wrote 2013-12-11 15:08:
>>>> In article <l899ro$11t$2 at dont-email.me>,
>>>>     David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>>>>> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>>>>> As far as I see it, VMS is of low value without Rdb.
>>>>>> I do not see a "newVMS" that hasn't Rdb in the picture.
>>>>>> And Rdb is, as I'm sure everyone know, not owned by HP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There is probably more than a few VMS sites that do not use RDB.  Just
>>>>> because you use it doesn't mean that your environment is typical.
>>>>
>>>> Other than running on VMS, what does RDB offer that is not available
>>>> from any other DBMS?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't know where to start.
>>> Anyone that have used Rdb know about it strengths.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_relational_database_management_systems
>>
>>
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> bill
>>
>
> No, none realy. It all looks good apart from a one "No" and one "?"
> that today should be "Yes" for Rdb under "Indexes".
>
> And of course the line of "No" in "OS Support", but that was a
> no-brainer, not? :-)
>
> What is not visible in that table is the OS integration and
> general ease-of-use that makes Rdb to stand out. The management
> tools for backup/export/import/unload/load and so on.
>
> So, on *VMS*, Rdb is far better then the alternatives.
>
>
I can't see in the table colomns : robust, fiable, sober, scalable, 
ascendant compatibility

For example "sober" : rdb is not the center of an hyper-cloud (plus 
coffee machine), like another product from Oracle ; it is a relational 
data base.