[Info-vax] RDB Question

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/2/2018 2:51 PM, Kerry Main wrote:
> Oracle makes $'s with its products (Oracle DB and Rdb) or they do not continue to offer them.

Obvious true.

Larry runs a business not a charity.

> Some examples, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) use Rdb because it offers the features, reliability and performance they are looking for.
> 
> SSE dumped HP-UX back in 2010 and migrated to OpenVMS Rdb on Integrity servers as their next generation multi-site cluster trading platform.
> 
> Another one - an OpenVMS Rdb app today controls most of the trucks entering Canada at all border crossings. If the App stops, so do all the trucks.
> 
> Another one - Frankfurt airport uses OpenVMS Oracle DB Classic in a HA environment where if the App stops, so do all the bags flowing throughout one of the biggest airports in Europe.

Question is whether the revenue will continue to be enough to cover
both product development cost and the expected profit.

It is not cheap to support a platform for a database.

Does Oracle DB on VMS come with all that stuff it does on other
platforms (AQ, embedded Java etc.)?

Arne