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Article: Objects in start-up mode. (object-oriented databases gain in popularity) (Editor's Letter) (Editorial)
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- Software Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 1992
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The petrochemical industry is attracted to object-oriented databases because it has pushed relational to the limit in describing complex data types, such as seismic data.
The telecommunications industry has found object-oriented approaches effective for capturing the complexity and volume of its 24x7 transactions. The recent Object World show in San Francisco's Moscone Center, which had 65 exhibitors, up from 37 in 1991, is indicative of the maturing software segment.
Todays market is characterized by promise. Cupertino, Calif.-based Taligent, the Apple/IBM joint venture to write a next-generation operating system, is committed to object technology, but ...