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| Title: | DEC Rdb against the World |
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| Moderator: | HERON::GODFRIND |
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| 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 |
311.0. "Analysis and Comparison of RDBMS's - a text" by WLW::ROARK () Mon Mar 06 1989 17:08
Hi,
Just found a new book on the university library shelves over the weekend.
"Analysis and Comparison of Relational Database Sytems"
Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1989
ISBN 0-201-19940-8 authors: Patrick Valduriez, Georges Gardarin
The systems discussed: System R, SQL/DS,DB2, INGRES, SABRINA, SUPRA
Short discussions of: DATACOMB/DB, FOCUS, NOMAD, ORACLE, SYBASE,
UNIFY
micro-computer based: dBASE III PLUS, Knowledge-Man/2, R:BASE 5000,
EXCEL
database machines: DBC/1012, IDM 500, CAFS/ISP, DORSAL 32
Patric Valduriez is currently at Advanced Computer Architecture Program
at MCC in Austin Texas. Previous work on SABRE project at INRIA in France.
PhD. in CS, University of Paris
Georges Gardarin, currently Professor at University of Paris, leads
advanced database project at INRIA. Previously headed SABRE project at
INRIA, worked on SIRIUS. PhD. in CS, University of Paris
Authors have written another book, "Relational Databases and Knowledge Bases"
topics of deductive databases, object-oriented databases, distributed databases.
Regards,
timmo
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| 311.1 | Why no RDB? | BMT::NG | Thomas K. Ng, NYFD, 334-2435 | Tue Mar 07 1989 21:37 | 4 |
| I saw that book at a college library a few weeks ago too. Does
anybody have any guesses on why RDB wasn't included? (And SYBASE was!!!)
Thomas
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| 311.2 | Style problem | COOKIE::BERENSON | VAX Rdb/VMS Veteran | Wed Mar 08 1989 00:39 | 16 |
| > I saw that book at a college library a few weeks ago too. Does
> anybody have any guesses on why RDB wasn't included? (And SYBASE was!!!)
You'll notice that with the exception of IBM's databases, no system
vendor's products are discussed. Its all 3rd party products. Remember
that DEC doesn't market products (at least not software products), we
market "systems" or "solutions". So, Rdb/VMS has very little market
recognition even though it has lots of marketshare! Also, many people
who haven't had a need to evaluate database systems recently still think
of Rdb/VMS V1.0. This is probably more true of researchers than anyone
(and a researcher authored this book).
It would help if DEC published more papers (which would expose the
research community to our work), but that tends to be a low priority
when you are up to your a** in design and coding.
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