Pablo Sanchez wrote:
> Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in
>>Sold?
>
>
> Yes, Sybase Inc sold version 4.x (I think it was 4.2 or 4.9) to
> Microsoft. This was when Sybase was the big bad wolf out in the RDBMS
> market. Oracle wasn't on the radar. Sybase got cocky, sold it to
> them, then blew it with System 10, Oracle came in and ... as they say
> .. the rest is history.
Being a wee bit interested in history, I thought I might look up this
subject.
- 1977. Oracle wasn't the new kid on the block. In fact, Oracle was the
*first* company to release a commercial RDBMS after Dr. Codd defined
what that is. See http://www.oracle.com/corporate/index.html?story.html.
- 1984. Sybase came on the scene. See http://www.sybase.com/about_sybase.
- 1988. Microsoft and Ashton-Tate announced Microsoft SQL Server, based
on the RDBMS licensed from Sybase.
- 1994. Microsoft and Sybase end partnership.
Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 15:28:44 CST
