Re: Movie "TITANIC" - Which database used to make it?

Andy Hardy 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... > > Andy > -- > Andy Hardy > Senior IT Systems Engineer, Cegelec AEG > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Cegelec AEG I think that Postgress has GEOMETRIC data types, polygons and the like. Maybe that's the reason it was selected. I once worked on a 'C' CADD program with a graphical product called HOOPS. The polygons etc. that I/end-user created were stored into a hierarchical database. The image on the screen was the output ('report') from a database. Chuck Jackson SysAdmin Waco ISD