[Info-vax] Rdb question

[Dave Froble]

On 7/29/2022 3:05 AM, Richard Maher wrote:
> On 29/07/2022 10:15 am, Greg Tinkler wrote:
>>> Yes, Ian. I slipped with my memory's more recently accessed Cricket ball
>>> tampering Aussie.
>> Thought the name was sort of familiar, dam the sand-paper :-]
>>
>>> By technical debt, I mean "legacy", "mothballed patch only", "on it's way to
>>> being deprecated",
>> That sort of has been the case for almost 30 years, but it is still there, and
>> from a SQL point of view Rdb is in an ok place.  Ian has not been backward in
>> adding new features, so not just patch only.
>> Does the engine need work, yup, as does OpenVMS internals..., and some of the
>> limitations will be because Rdb is limited to OpenVMS.  Still the best
>> database engine on OpenVMS.
>>
>> Besides at $US40k/core Rdb (Oracle) is far too expensive for most sites.
>> Bring back Rdb runtime for free on OpenVMS I say.  Won't happen but a nice
>> thought.
>>
>> gt
>
> Look, the game's over :-(
>
> Was Rdb technical elegance? Sure!
>
> There's lots to dislike about Orrible Oracle, but shit like Cache Fusion,
> RLAC/Fine-Grained security, sheer weight of numbers and SQL Server is still
> brilliant.
>
> VGI should have sold their mother to get Oracle continued on VMS!!! :-(
>
> For those of us still dreaming; that my friends, was the death knell.

I partly understand, but, I still have to ask, why when there is a personal 
"death knell", that person then extends it to everyone else?

Yeah, one can go on and on about some nice product/feature, but that does not 
mean that everyone uses it.

I've never used Rdb, nor Oracle.  I've produced some fine (in my opinion) 
applications over the years, and the only opinion that matters is the customer's 
opinion, and I've had some very satisfied customers.

So Richard, I'm sorry for you that you do not have what you wish for, but just 
because your boat is sinking doesn't mean that the whole planet is in your boat.

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