Abstract :
This article describes the origins and development of the relational database management systems (RDBMS) industry, focusing on the firms IBM, Oracle, Ingres, Informix, and Sybase in the 1980s. The author analyzes the industry´s evolution in terms of the disruptive technology paradigm and regional economics and then broadly outlines the industry´s later development.
Keywords :
relational databases; IBM; Informix; Ingres; Oracle; RDBMS industry; Sybase; disruptive technology paradigm; northern California perspective; regional economics; relational database management system industry; Companies; Database systems; Economics; History; Relational databases; Software development; IBM; Informix; Ingres; Oracle; Sybase; history of computing; relational databases; software industry;
