Illustra
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Developer(s) | Illustra Information Technologies |
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Final release | 3.3
/ July, 1997 |
DBMS, ORDBMS | |
License | Commercial proprietary software |
Illustra was a commercialized version of the
The technology's extensibility model centered on DataBlade modules that defined types and associated index methods, operators, and functions for purposes and data domains that included Web publishing, search and manipulation of text, and management of
In 1995, NASA decided Illustra would be the right tool to store and manipulate millions of satellite photographs. The only stumbling block was the company size: with only 150 employees, Illustra didn't have the manpower or the scale to support the NASA project.[2]
The company was sold to Informix Corporation in 1996 by $400 million in stock, 40 times revenue. Stonebraker's share was $6.5 million, and he became CTO of Informix after the merger, a position he held until September 2000.[2][3] The technology was folded into the Informix 7 OnLine product line, shipped in December 1996, leading eventually to the creation of the unified Informix Universal Server (IUS) product line, or more generally, Version 9.[4]
The entire Informix product line was sold to IBM, which continued to extend Informix, offering several editions for use under various license metrics (including two editions which are free of charge). In April 2017, IBM delegated active development and support to HCL Technologies for 15 years while keeping part of the marketing responsibilities.[5]
References
- ^ "INFORMIX FINALIZES ILLUSTRA ACQUISITION, WILL SHIP OBJECT-RELATIONAL SERVER DATABASE BY YEAR-END". Tech Monitor. February 16, 1996. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ a b "Michael Stonebraker The ultimate database". Forbes. July 7, 1997.
- ^ "Informix History". Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ISBN 0672306506.
- ^ "IIUG" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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