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

In article <6c04dr$5b8$1_at_pebble.ml.org>, Joel Garry <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org> writes
>In article <slrn6e34d8.2bt.oracle_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com>,
>Neil Chandler <oracle_at_tchp2.tcamuk.stratus.com> wrote:
>>In article <34E07F6A.7AD1_at_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

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