myles@... wrote:

>>> Ingres has the longest history among all open source database
> projects, spanning more than two decades
>
> Say what? First time I've heard that. Ingres, from my experience in
> working with large govt customers that had it, was always a 'pay to play'
> database until about a year ago.
>

What the author probably meant to say is that Ingres is one of the
oldest database systems around. Stonebraker and Wong started the
project that became Ingres in 1973. Oracle started in 1977. The
DEC systems that eventually morphed into Firebird started in 1980.
Ingres may be a recent convert to open source, but it's an ancient
database.


Regards,

Ann