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Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) workshop : financing

This session examines the business development and early financing of three of the independent software companies which developed and marketed relational database management systems (RDBMS) products. The individuals in the session represented Informix, Oracle, and Sybase. The participants explained the beginnings of each company, the financing needed to market various products, and they discussed the key people involved in company management and marketing. The discussion also includes insights into early marketing strategies and sales campaigns and the movement of personnel between companies in the early years of the industry.

Item Details

Date
2007-06-12 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102702564
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Stu Schuster (Participant)
Mike Humphries (Participant)
Bob MacDonald (Participant)
Roger Sippl (Participant)
Mark Hoffman (Participant)
Luanne Johnson (Moderator)
Douglas Jerger (Editor)
Thomas Haigh (Participant)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
35 p.
Place of publication
USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4069.2007
Subject
Oracle Corporation, Informix Corporation, IBM DB2, UNIX, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SQL, Ingres Corporation, Value Added Reseller (VAR), Kleiner Perkins, Sybase
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection