[Info-vax] RDB Question

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/2/2018 6:42 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2018-12-03 kl. 00:33, skrev Arne Vajhøj:
>> On 12/2/2018 2:51 PM, Kerry Main wrote:
>>> 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.)?
> 
> Latest Oracle "Classic" on VMS is (just) the client API parts.
> No DB engine.

But DB engine is available in older versions. What is the latest
available?

Arne