User:Intgr/RDBMS timeline

Timeline of the evolution of RDBMS database software, mostly collects facts from other Wikipedia articles to make a coherent chart.

Mostly compiled by Marti Raudsepp, with corrections from Jan Lentfer.

Corrections

Actian VectorWise (??)^[1]

Notes

Berkeley Ingres (~1973^[2]-1982^[3])
-> Ingres Database (1982-2011)
   -> Actian Ingres (2011^[4])
-> NonStop SQL (1987^[5]-...)
-> Sybase SQL Server (1987^[6]-...) Adaptive Server Enterprise (1996^[7])
   -> Microsoft SQL Server (~1989^[8]-...)
-> Postgres (1989^[9]-1993?^[10])
   -> PostgreSQL (1995^[11]-...)
      -> Netezza (2000?^[12]-...)
      -> Greenplum (2003?^[13]-...)
   -> Illustra (???-1995^[14])
      -> Merged to Informix 7 OnLine (1997)

Informix (1981-1986) Informix-SQL (1985-...; acquired by IBM in 2001)
-> Merged to IBM DB2 (~2001^[15])

IBM System R (1977^[16]-1981??^[17])
-> IBM DB2 (1983^[18]-...)
-> IBM SQL/DS (...)

Vertica Analytic Database (2005^[19]-...)

MySQL (1995^[20]-...)
-> MariaDB (2009-...)
-> Drizzle (2008-...)

Netfrastructure (~2001?-2006^[21])
-> Merge to MySQL 6.0/Falcon, now deprecated (2006-2009^[22])

InnoDB (1999-2000^[23])
-> Merged to MySQL (2001^[23])

NDB Cluster (2000-2003^[24])
-> Merged to MySQL (2003)
   -> Forked to MySQL Cluster 6.1 (2006^[25]-...)

Oracle Database (1979^[26]-...

InterBase (1984?^[27]-...)
-> Firebird (2000^[28]-...)

Rdb/VMS (1984)^[29]
-> Oracle Rdb (1994)

References

^ Grrr, the web only has bullshit marketing articles, almost no factual sources, much less history.
^ Ingres (database)#Ingres: Based on System R research from IBM, Stonebraker & Wong started Ingres in 1973
^ PostgreSQL#History: In 1982, Michael Stonebraker left Berkeley to make a proprietary version of Ingres
^ Ingres (database)#Commercialization: On 22nd September 2011, Ingres Corporation became Actian Corporation
^ NonStop SQL: First released in 1987
^ Sybase: Founded in 1984, first formal release in 1987
^ Adaptive Server Enterprise#History
^ Microsoft SQL Server#Genesis: SQL Server 1.0 for OS/2 was released at about 1989
^ PostgreSQL#History: by 1985 Stokebaker is back at Berkeley and on 1989 releases Postgres version 1
^ By 1993 the great number of users began to overwhelm the project ...
^ PostgreSQL#History: Started in 1994, first released as Postgres95 on 1995, renamed to PostgreSQL on 1996
^ Netezza: Founded in 2000, first release date unknown
^ Greenplum: Founded in 2003, first release date unknown
^ Informix#Internal problems: Illustra was sold to Informix in 1995 and integrated into Informix 7 OnLine by 1997
^ IBM DB2#History: In 2001, IBM bought Informix and in the following years incorporated Informix technology into the DB2 product suite
^ IBM System R: First customer in 1977
^ http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/cs262/SystemR.pdf
^ IBM DB2#History
^ Vertica: Started in 2005 by Stonebraker and Palmer. [1]: Contrary to popular belief, Vertica is not a fork of PostgreSQL, but merely emulates PostgreSQL's interface.
^ MySQL#Product history
^ Acquired by MySQL to make Falcon storage engine
^ Last release in 2009, deprecated by Oracle acquisition
^ ^a ^b [2]: Development started in 1994, completed in 1999, MySQL integration started in 2000, first MySQL release with InnoDB in 2001
^ [3]
^ [4]: This is the first MySQL Cluster NDB 6.1 release, incorporating new features and bugfixes made for the NDBCLUSTER storage engine made since branching from MySQL 5.1.14 standard
^ Oracle Database#History: Founded in 1977, first release in 1979
^ InterBase#Early years
^ Firebird (database server)
^ Oracle Rdb

[1] Grrr, the web only has bullshit marketing articles, almost no factual sources, much less history.

[2] Ingres (database)#Ingres: Based on System R research from IBM, Stonebraker & Wong started Ingres in 1973

[commercial-ingres-3] PostgreSQL#History: In 1982, Michael Stonebraker left Berkeley to make a proprietary version of Ingres

[4] Ingres (database)#Commercialization: On 22nd September 2011, Ingres Corporation became Actian Corporation

[5] NonStop SQL: First released in 1987

[6] Sybase: Founded in 1984, first formal release in 1987

[7] Adaptive Server Enterprise#History

[8] Microsoft SQL Server#Genesis: SQL Server 1.0 for OS/2 was released at about 1989

[9] PostgreSQL#History: by 1985 Stokebaker is back at Berkeley and on 1989 releases Postgres version 1

[10] By 1993 the great number of users began to overwhelm the project ...

[11] PostgreSQL#History: Started in 1994, first released as Postgres95 on 1995, renamed to PostgreSQL on 1996

[12] Netezza: Founded in 2000, first release date unknown

[13] Greenplum: Founded in 2003, first release date unknown

[14] Informix#Internal problems: Illustra was sold to Informix in 1995 and integrated into Informix 7 OnLine by 1997

[15] IBM DB2#History: In 2001, IBM bought Informix and in the following years incorporated Informix technology into the DB2 product suite

[16] IBM System R: First customer in 1977

[17] ttp://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~brewer/cs262/SystemR.pdf

[18] IBM DB2#History

[19] Vertica: Started in 2005 by Stonebraker and Palmer. [1]: Contrary to popular belief, Vertica is not a fork of PostgreSQL, but merely emulates PostgreSQL's interface.

[20] MySQL#Product history

[21] Acquired by MySQL to make Falcon storage engine

[22] Last release in 2009, deprecated by Oracle acquisition

[innodb-23] [2]: Development started in 1994, completed in 1999, MySQL integration started in 2000, first MySQL release with InnoDB in 2001

[24] [3]

[25] [4]: This is the first MySQL Cluster NDB 6.1 release, incorporating new features and bugfixes made for the NDBCLUSTER storage engine made since branching from MySQL 5.1.14 standard

[26] Oracle Database#History: Founded in 1977, first release in 1979

[27] InterBase#Early years

[28] Firebird (database server)

[29] Oracle Rdb

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