Re: SQL Standards
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:17:07 +0100
Message-ID: <pan.2005.03.11.19.17.07.45019_at_arvin.dk>
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:12:41 -0800, DA Morgan wrote:
> If creators of databases do follow the standard ... then they have
> price alone, and (B) Microsoft wins.
There is plenty of room for implementation differences (and extra features outside the standardized fields), management differences, platform support, scalability/stability, etc. And, by the way: MSSQL's pricing seems to be going one way: up.
About the possible dissolvement of SC32 WG3: Personally, I can think of few more areas where the standard should be expanded. So dissolvement might be such a big problem. Further work should be probably be put into putting the standard on a diet (remove irrelevant parts, such as SQLJ, for example); while I would appreciate such a cleaning process, I imagine that the work might be rather boring.
-- Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, DenmarkReceived on Fri Mar 11 2005 - 20:17:07 CET