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Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) workshop : Oracle

The representatives from Oracle and from IBM covered the whole range of Oracle history from its founding in 1977 through the 1990s and even some discussion of Oracle as of the date of the meeting. They emphasized how much the company was driven by the vision and style of Larry Ellison from both a marketing and sales and from a technology viewpoint. Oracle adopted SQL to be IBM compatible, but intended to be all things to all people by porting to every viable platform. The various versions of Oracle are traced along with each of their technical advances. Product quality problems were discussed along with how they were solved. The incredible growth of the company (and the relational database industry) was analyzed. The financial crisis in 1991 was covered with comments on the causation and on what was done to save the company. And the session closed with a discussion on Oracle’s competitors and why Oracle has been such a successful company.

Item Details

Date
2007-06-12 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102746581
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
People
Peter G. Capek (Historian)
Edward LaHay (Editor)
Michael W. Blasgen (Participant)
Mike Humphries (Participant)
Bruce Lindsay (Participant)
Ken Jacobs (Participant)
Jerry Held (Participant)
Sharon Codd (Participant)
Jan Phillips (Participant)
Thomas Haigh (Historian)
Burt Grad (Moderator)
Chris J. Date (Participant)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
39 p.
Place of publication
USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4069.2007
Subject
Sybase, Microsoft, SAP, Informix, IBM DB2, SQL, Ingres Corporation
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection