Re: Movie "TITANIC" - Which database used to make it?
Posted in 1998
In comp.databases.sybase Andy Hardy <Andy_Hardy@camk.demon.co.uk> wrote: : In article <6c04dr$5b8$1@pebble.ml.org>, Joel Garry : <joelga@pebble.ml.org> writes :>In article <slrn6e34d8.2bt.oracle@tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com>, :>Neil Chandler <oracle@tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com> wrote: :>>In article <34E07F6A.7AD1@hotmail.com>, al dev wrote: :>>>Movie "TITANIC" which won 14 OSCAR awards, GLOBE award and the best :>>>movie :>>>of the year (which already made $300 million US dollars in box office) :>>>is :>>> made with Linux and PostgreSQL!! :>>>The entire animation and computer graphics was done :>>>on Linux Digital Alpha box and PostgreSQL was used to store the data!! :>>>When you see the movie "TITANIC" you are actually seeing the "LIVE DEMO" :>>>of Linux and PostgreSQL!! Also Linux won the "Network Operating system :>>>of the :>>>year 1997" as per InfoWorld January 97 issue. The message is - for all :>>> your database needs use PostgreSQL. :>> :>>No. This is 'large' database forum, generally used for holding corporate :>>data. :>>Linus and PostgreSQL may be OK for a graphics company but I would not :>>allow it to hold a corporate data warehouse, matey. :>>Choose a good database. Choose life. :>>I am not getting pulled into another 'but linux is free' debate - it's free :>>for a very good reason... :>> :>>Neil Chandler :>>Oracle DBA :>> :>> :>> :> :>Now postgres and the Titanic are inextricably linked in my mind. Linux :>managed to speed away, though. : Bit of a shame that, because Linux was actually used on 100+ Alphas to : help do the graphics... : Not quite sure why I'd want to store the results in a database though... Who the hell cares??? I mean do people reading about Informix, Sybase or Oracle DB's really care? But I am glad to see a thread with Linux in it. There just isn't enough stupid threads about Linux these days!!