[Info-vax] RDB Question

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Arne Vajhøj
> via Info-vax
> Sent: December 2, 2018 6:33 PM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] RDB Question
> 
> 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.

Of course .. how long as Oracle been supporting OpenVMS with Classic and Rdb
now?

And with Oracle OpenVMS on X86-64, it will become 50% cheaper for new
OpenVMS Oracle Customers. Their Oracle platform conversion factor will be
0.5 (X86) instead of 1.0 as is the case with AIX (Power), HP-UX (Integrity)
and OpenVMS (Integrity, Alpha).

Hopefully this will apply to Rdb as well?

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

Not all, but remember that typically, 80% of Oracle shops only use 20% of
all the available features.

And don't forget that the OpenVMS group works very closely with Oracle to
make each version port easier. 

Its no secret that Oracle drives some of the new enhancements into OpenVMS
i.e. make it easier to port new Oracle versions to OpenVMS.

Just like Windows Server core key contributors  are SQL Server and MS
Exchange Teams.


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com