<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
database	O
related	O
products	O
and	O
projects	O
go	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Classic	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
is	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
server	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Systems	O
GmbH	O
of	O
Hamburg	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
"	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
XT	O
Storage	O
Engine	O
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
"	O
(	O
PBXT	O
)	O
and	O
"	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Media	O
Streaming	O
"	O
engine	O
(	O
PBMS	O
)	O
are	O
supported	O
and	O
funded	O
by	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Technologies	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bulk	O
of	O
the	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
SQL	B-Language
Data	O
Server	O
(	O
PBDS	O
)	O
users	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
print	O
and	O
pre-press	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
historical	O
reasons	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
PBDS	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
efficient	O
BLOB	B-General_Concept
handling	O
and	O
full-text	O
search	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
requirements	O
of	O
applications	O
in	O
this	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PBDS	O
began	O
life	O
as	O
P.INK	O
SQL	B-Language
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
by	O
the	O
company	O
P.INK	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
GmbH	O
and	O
Co	O
,	O
in	O
Hamburg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
SQL	B-Language
server	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
P.INK	O
Software	O
began	O
porting	O
the	O
database	O
to	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
Sun	B-Architecture
SPARC	I-Architecture
workstation	O
and	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
RS/6000	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
former	O
employees	O
managed	O
to	O
secure	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
P.INK	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
and	O
in	O
1996	O
they	O
founded	O
SNAP	O
Innovation	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
database	O
was	O
continued	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
year	O
2001	O
SNAP	O
had	O
added	O
related	O
products	O
to	O
the	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
SQL	B-Language
Data	O
Server	O
including	O
the	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Replication	O
Server	O
and	O
the	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Application	O
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
products	O
are	O
now	O
all	O
owned	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Systems	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
SNAP	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
PBXT	O
,	O
the	O
transactional	O
storage	O
engine	O
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drawing	O
on	O
experience	O
gained	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
DBMS	O
,	O
SNAP	O
also	O
launched	O
the	O
"	O
Scalable	O
BLOB	B-General_Concept
Streaming	O
Infrastructure	O
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
"	O
project	O
,	O
under	O
which	O
PBMS	O
and	O
the	O
S3	O
Daemon	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
projects	O
have	O
now	O
been	O
put	O
under	O
the	O
umbrella	O
of	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
company	O
PrimeBase	B-Application
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
