Re: Oracle versus Sqlserver

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:15:08 +0100
Message-ID: <m15e4u49rrvsa0pedv7r5ohrppjn4o6qu4@4ax.com>

On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:39:10 -0000, "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote:

>"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message
>news:3c46dcb4.3399390_at_news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
>> >Larry Ellision the founder of Oracle
>> >> has been championing the Sql language before there was any company
>around
>> >> like Microsoft.
>> >>
>>
>> that is indeed very true.
><pedantry>
>Not really. Microsoft was founded in 1975. This was before any commercially
>available product based on SQL so far as I am aware.
></pedantry>

And it took them 5 full years to have their first stolen product (DOS) shippe? WOW
I've read in a Bill Gates biography Bill Gates was mainly recognized for his debugging capacities.

Cheers

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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