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Oracle and the Commercialization of the Relational Database
Oracle helped turn relational theory and SQL from research ideas into a commercial software business, shipping Oracle V2 in 1979 and pursuing portability across computing platforms.
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Tag: database-history
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IBM IMS and the Hierarchical Database Model Before Relational Systems
IBM's IMS grew from an Apollo-era parts-tracking problem into a durable hierarchical database and transaction-processing system, illustrating both the strengths and constraints of navigational data models before relational databases.
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Charles Bachman and IDS: Navigational Databases Before the Relational Model
Charles Bachman's Integrated Data Store turned database management into a reusable systems layer, organizing records as explicit networks that programs navigated through named relationships.
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