Innovation in Database Management: Computer Science vs. Engineering

Summary: Examines why promising academic DBMS technologies rarely transfer directly into products, emphasizing operational and pragmatic constraints. Oracle8 examples show that commercial leadership often comes from unconventional engineering choices—and from making research matter. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)

Paper ID: 8589
Venue: VLDB
Year: 1997
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Overall Rank: 14,204 | 2.55%
DOI: -

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Authors

1. Kenneth R. Jacobs (Oracle)

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@article{jacobs_vldb97,
        title = {{Innovation in Database Management: Computer Science vs. Engineering}},
        author = {Jacobs, Kenneth R.},
        journal = {PVLDB},
        series = {{VLDB} '97},
        year = {1997}
}

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