Re: Why Oracle is called Oracle

I think Wolfram Alpha is already going down that path:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/TuringMachines.html

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Robert Freeman <rfreeman_at_businessolver.com> wrote:

> I am sure that we have all heard that Oracle started with a secret project
> called Oracle… but why is the name Oracle really applicable to this RDBMS?
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> How about this as a suggestion:
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_machine
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> Perhaps here, we have an answer to the question, why does Oracle have
> everything in it, including the kitchen sink.
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> What better way to be a true black box than to include the kitchen sink… J
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