[dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.)

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in particular with reference to Codysyl,
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The main CODASYL proposals based system for mainframes was IDMS (on the
West).
Was it ported to PC?
dbVista (Raima Data Manager) is also known as based on CODASYL proposals..

Here in Russia (Soviet Union) in ancient now times of 80ies I worked in a
team,
which developed CODASYL proposals based DBMSs:
first for IBM 360/370, then for PDP11 and then for IBM PC.
The version for IBM370 was tested against IDMS and it was better/comparable
in the speed etc.
These all were success story projects, the application systems using these
DBMSe were developed and used in exUSSR but then Perestroyka-Glasnost came
and all that went nowhere because of economical chaos and uncertainty about
the future...

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
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Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 3:33 AM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.)


> I forgot to mention that I did find these links:
>
> http://wwwdb.web.cern.ch/wwwdb/aboutdbs/history/cern.html
>
> and
>
> http://wwwdb.web.cern.ch/wwwdb/aboutdbs/history/industry.html
>
> but found them lacking, in particular with reference to Codysyl,
> hierarchical and network database history. Most of the PC history is
readily
> available, at least in terms of birthdate (deathdate is another issue),
but
> I am particularly interested in the chronology of the designs named above,
> their progenitors, their lifespans, their utility, and their demises. In
> addition to the same for the PC products I named as well as any others
that
> achieved some popularity or at least reputations for excellence.
>
> Arthur
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: July 16, 2005 7:28 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Dearly Departed Databases (R.I.P.)
>
> For some reason it occurred to me today to compile a list of databases I
> once used (and perhaps more than once), once loved, and once even deployed
> an app against. I tried a few googles on subjects approximating the
subject
> but came up with nothing relevant.
>
> So I am proposing this tentative list -- not meant to be exhaustive, but
> rather just OTTOMH... the ultimate goal being to compile a list of when
the
> products went off the market, when the companies folded or were sold, and
so
> on. For the Brits on the list, let`s call it Desert Island Databases. LOL.
>
> dBASE II... became dBASE III, begat dBASE IV (still Ashton-Tate, but then
> Borland bought the latter and tried dBASE V and it went nowhere, IIRC).
>
> FoxBase begat FoxPro... was bought by MS and still exists, in radically
> different cloth.
>
> Revelation... lost track long ago... no idea what happened on this score.
>
> Clarion... fabulous executables, dumb-ass language... no idea what
happened
> to them.
>
> Paradox... is it still for sale... no idea.
>
> Btrieve... the history of this baby eludes me... seems to have undergone a
> number of evolutions and buyouts but I have no detail.
>
> Knowledgeman... lost track more than a decade ago.
>
> InfoStar (this is really for the geriatrics in this list!). No idea what
> happened here.
>
> (This list is obviously PC-centric, but I would love some contributions
from
> those aware of the histories of various mini, midi and mainframe
databases.)
>
> TIA to any and all who can contribute obituaries or documentation of
> reincarnations.
>
> Arthur
>
>
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