Re: SQL Standards
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:45:40 -0000
Message-ID: <7NydndOruvWBa6zfRVnysQ_at_pipex.net>
"Troels Arvin" <troels_at_arvin.dk> wrote in message
news: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
> > commiditized their offerings and the result will be (A) purchases based
on
> > price alone, and (B) Microsoft wins.
> What I'm most worried about is the signal value of dissolving the working
> group. A positive signal like "SQL is complete" will probably not be the
> outcome. More likely is that would be seen as "SQL is dead" which would be
> a problem: It could motivate a company like Oracle to turn its stagnating
> SQL standard support into declining support (justifying it with the "dead
> SQL standard").
The sooner SQL shrivels up and dies the better, IMO. But unlike you I see no reason for optimism. SQL is here to stay, standards committees or no. (They have been away with the faeries for years now anyway.)
Roy
Roy Received on Fri Mar 11 2005 - 20:45:40 CET