I was perusing the DBMS2.com web site and read the following statement about Vertica:
Here is the link to an ancient article on site that discusses "Hybrid Columnar":Vertica is an originally column-based system that has gone hybrid columnar.
http://www.dbms2.com/2009/08/04/pax-ana ... -together/
I wonder how Vertica felt about this when it was written