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>Was there nothing off the shelf that would have fit their needs? I can't think of any solid distributed RDBMS that would have been around in 2004. Does anyone

>Was there nothing off the shelf that would have fit their needs? I can't think of any solid distributed RDBMS that would have been around in 2004. Does anyone with more knowledge have any idea (open or not)?

Keyframe 9y ago
IBM DB2 and Oracle 9i were around for sure. Other solutions as well. DB landscape was well-established back then.
- dsparkman 9y ago
  They were, but rediculously expensive at the time. $100k+ at the time to have a non-replicated version on Oracle running on a multicore server. Dealing with Oracle was like dealing with the mob.
  - Keyframe 9y ago
    Indeed, but that's a whole other issue.
gaius 9y ago
DEC RDB might have done it, if it was still available.