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Article ID: CBB001212984

The Oracle Story: 1984--2001 (2013)

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume: 35, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 10-23

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Relational Database Management Systems: The Business Explosion”
Language: English

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Technology and industry Computer industry Computers and computing Technology Databases Computer science Business and commerce Software 20th century, late 21st century

This article tells the story of Oracle from 1984 through 2001, primarily through the author's experiences during those years. After tracing the development of the Oracle relational database management system (RDBMS) through the mainframe, minicomputer, client-server, and Internet computing eras, it calls out the key competitors at each stage and the key product innovations that allowed Oracle to compete so successfully in the market.

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