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'''''''''''The claim is made that: "Oracle is the world's first RDBMS'''''''''''."▼
Surely, this is not the case. I am unsure which is the first but, amongst others, IBM System R and Logica Rapport were around before Oracle, I believe. Can someone clarify please?▼
▲Surely, this is not the case. I am unsure which is the first but, amongst others, IBM System R and Logica Rapport were around before Oracle, I believe. Can someone clarify please? [[User:Geoff97|Geoff97]] 18:09, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)
:Multics too claims to be the first RDBMS. We need a consensus.
:"...(RSI) was founded in 1979 and released Oracle V.2 as the world's first relational database.". [http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/1582621]
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:"mid-range" is a loose phrase with no clear definition - I would suggest it is unsuitable for an encyclopedia. [[User:Whimsley|Whimsley]] 19:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
== Mushy introduction ==
Yes, "Oracle database" can just be a general term for "a database held on one of Oracle's RDBMS products", but this is an encyclopedia. We should stick to defining "Oracle database" as being the RDBMS application and qualify other uses in an appropriate manner. The intro seems pretty hopelessly mushy right now, and I can't think what it must be like for people who don't already have a clear understanding between the different meanings "database" can have.
For that matter, we could do with moving this to a less ambiguous name, but one step at a time. [[User:Thumperward|Chris Cunningham]] 12:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
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