오라클 역사

오라클 역사

■ 1970년 Edgar Codd 박사가 관계형 데이터 모델링 이론 발표.
■ 1977년 Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, Ed Oates, Bruce Scott 이 자본금 2000달러로
Software Development Laboratories (SDL)회사 설립. Larry 와 Bob은 Ampex 출신으로
“Oracle" 이라는 코드명의 프로젝트를 CIA에서 수행하고 있었다. Bob 과 Bruce가
데이터베이스 상에서 작업하기 시작한다.
■ 1978년 CIA가 첫번째 고객이었나 상업적으로 제품을 발표하지 않았다. SDL은 사명을
Relational Software Inc.(RSI)로 변경한다.
■ 1979년 RSI는 첫번째 상업용 버전인 데이터베이스 Version 2을 어셈블러 언어로 작성한다.
이러한 첫번째 상업용 버전의 소프트웨어는 Wright-Patterson 항공사에 팔렸다.
이것은 시장에서 첫번째 상업용 RDBMS이다.
■ 1981년 첫번째 도구인 Interactive Application Facility (IAF)가 만들어 졌는데,
이것은 오라클의 SQL*Forms 도구의 시발점이다.
■ 1982년 RSI는 사명을 Oracle Systems Corporation (OSC)으로 변경한후, 이름을
간단하게 Oracle Corporation으로 한다.
■ 1983년 Version 3이 C언어로 쓰여져 출시되다. Bob Miner가 V2를 기초로한 어셈블러를
지원하면서 반을 작성하고, 나머지 반은 Bruce Scott이 작성하다.
이것은 최초의 32비트 RDBMS가 되다.

나머지는 그냥 영문으로 올림니다.

■ 1984 Version 4 is released. First tools are released (IAG –genform, IAG-runform, RPT).
First database with read consistency. Oracle ported to the PC.
■ 1985 Versions 5 & 5.1 are released; first Parallel Server database on VMS/VAX.
■ 1986 Oracle goes public March 12th (the day before Microsoft and eight days after
Sun). The stock opens at $15 and closes at $20.75. Oracle Client-Server is introduced.
First client-server database. Oracle5.1 is released.
■ 1987 Oracle is the largest DBMS company. Oracle Applications group started. First
SMP (symmetrical multiprocessing) database introduced.
■ 1987 Rich Niemiec along with Brad Brown and Joe Trezzo working at Oracle
implement the first production client-server application running Oracle on a souped-up
286 running 16 concurrent client-server users for NEC Corporation.

■ 1988 Oracle V6 released. First row-level locking. First hot database backup. Oracle
moves from Belmont to Redwood Shores. PL/SQL introduced.
■ 1992 Oracle V7 is released.
■ 1993 Oracle GUI client-server development tools introduced. Oracle Applications
moved from character mode to client-server.
■ 1994 Bob Miner, the genius behind the Oracle database technology, dies of cancer.
■ 1995 First 64-bit database.
■ 1996 Oracle7.3 released.
■ 1997 Oracle8 is introduced. Oracle Application Server is introduced. Applications
for the Web are introduced. Oracle is the first Web database. Oracle BI tools, like
Discoverer, are introduced for data warehousing. Tools have native Java support.
■ 1998 First major RDBMS (Oracle8) ported to Linux. Applications 11 shipped. Oracle is
the first database with XML support.
■ 1999 Oracle8i released. Integrates Java/XML into development tools. Oracle is the first
database with native Java support.
■ 2000 Oracle9i Application Server is released at it becomes the first database with
middle-tier cache. Launches E-Business Suite, wireless database with OracleMobile,
Oracle9i Application Server Wireless, and Internet File System (iFS).
■ 2001 Oracle9i (9.1) released. Oracle is the first database with Real Application
Clusters (RAC).
■ 2002 Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2) released.
■ 2003 Oracle at France Telecom is #1 on Winter Group’s Top Ten in DB size at 29T.
■ 2003 Oracle 10g comes out—grid focused, encrypted backups, auto-tuning, and ASM.
■ 2005 Oracle RAC at Amazon hits the Winter Group’s Top Ten in DB size at 25T.
■ 2005 Oracle buys PeopleSoft (includes JD Edwards), Oblix (Identity Management), Retek
(Retail) for $630M, TimesTen (in memory DB), and Innobase (InnoDB Open Source).
■ 2006 Oracle buys Siebel for $5.8B, Sleepycat Software (Open Source), and Stellant
(Content Management). Oracle with an Open Source push offers “unbreakable” support
for Red Hat Linux.
■ 2006 Oracle 10g Release2 comes out in fall (this book is based on that version).
■ 2007 Oracle buys Hyperion for $3.3B.
■ 2007 Oracle 11g comes out (predicted based on prior releases).
■ 2011 Oracle 12g comes out (predicted based on prior releases).