> System: Firebird (Interbase)
>
> Introduced 1983
> Client/Server 1983
> No table locks 1983
> MVCC 1983
> Hot backup 1983
> Programmable 1990
> Cluster 1983 (VAX)
> Self-tuning 1983
>
> System: Oracle
>
> Introduced 1981
> Client/Server 1985
> No table locks 1988
> MVCC 1998 (limited)
> Hot backup 1988
> Programmable 1992
> Cluster 2001
> Self-tuning 2004
>
> System: SQLServer (Sybase)
>
> Introduced 1987
> Client/Server 1988
> No table locks -
> MVCC 2005 (if yukon ships this year)
> Hot backup 1993?
> Programmable 1992
> Cluster -
> Self-tuning -
>
> System: MySQL
>
> Introduced 1996
> Client/Server 1996
> No table locks 2000
> MVCC -
> Hot backup -
> Programmable 2005 (in beta)
> Cluster 2004
> Self-tuning -
>
> System: DB2
>
> Introduced 1982
> Client/Server 1991
> No table locks 1996
> MVCC -
> Hot backup 2003
> Programmable 1995
> Cluster 1998
> Self-tuning 2002