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Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

Title:DEC Rdb against the World
Moderator:HERON::GODFRIND
Created:Fri Jun 12 1987
Last Modified:Thu Feb 23 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1348
Total number of notes:5438

347.0. "Oracle on Rigel and Aridus" by MAIL::DUNCANG (Gerry Duncan @KCO) Fri May 05 1989 18:49

    Oracle ad in May 1 issue of Digital News:
    
    The add uses our NAS "S" curve.  At the "datacenter" level there
    is a picture of a box with a cover that reads "new".  The ad verbage:
    
    	"VAX/VMS users specify Oracle Version 6 more than any other
    	RDBMS, because Oracle is the fastest RDBMS available.  And since
    	Oracle is optimized for the DEC/VAX architecture, you can count
    	on mainframe-class OLTP performance when the Rigel and Aridus
    	Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) systems are introduced."
    
    It's good to know that Oracle is now selling our futures in addition
    to their futures.
    
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347.1Selling Oracle futures, too, I'm sure.KYOA::HANSONThe Youngest Curmudgeon!Mon May 08 1989 02:3019
    
>>  "VAX/VMS users specify Oracle Version 6 more than any other
 >>   RDBMS, because Oracle is the fastest RDBMS available.  And since
    
    Is this true?  Can it be true considering the length of time that
    6 has been out?  (Heck, is it *really* out yet?)
    
  >>  Oracle is optimized for the DEC/VAX architecture, you can count
                  
    I always thought it was generalized for the DEC/VAX architecture.
    Can this be true?
    
    Nahhhh, tell me it isn't so!  
    
    I saw a circular over the weekend - K-Mart has a special running
    on cow manure: Only $1.66 for a 15 pound bag.  Oracle could make
    a killing in that market... they offer it for FREE!