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  • 1979: Offers the first commercial SQL RDBMS.
  • 1983: Offers a VAX-mode database.
  • 1984: Offers the first database with read consistency.
  • 1986: Offers a client-server DBMS.
  • 1987: Introduces UNIX-based applications.
  • 1988: Introduces PL/SQL.
  • 1992: Offers full apps implementation methodology.
  • 1995: Offers the first 64-bit RDBMS.
  • 1996: Moves to an open standards-based, web-enabled architecture.
  • 1999: Offers its first DBMS with XML support.
  • 2001: Becomes the first to complete 3 terabyte TPC-H world record.
  • 2002: Offers the first database to pass 15 industry standard security evaluations.
  • 2003: Introduces what it calls "Enterprise Grid Computing" with Oracle10g.
  • 2005: Releases its first free database, Oracle Database .