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In the late 1970s, the world of data was rigid and complex, with data locked in "hierarchical" systems that were difficult to change. In 1977, Larry Ellison and his team set out to change this, inspired by an IBM paper on a more flexible "relational" model. By 1979, they released , the first commercially available SQL-based relational database.

This was the beginning of , which evolved from a pioneer in simple data storage into the "undisputed king" of enterprise data today. The Evolution of the Flagship oracle db enterprise edition