Re: Whatever happened to BS-12?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:42:56 GMT
Message-ID: <Qi27h.20812$cz.318097@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Roy Hann wrote:

> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:vX07h.20787$cz.317781_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>

>>jlfoster wrote:
>>
>>>And how in hell did System R (and the SQL nightmare) get so popular? Feh.
>>>
>>>http://www.mcjones.org/System_R/bs12.html
>>
>>It was good enough.

>
>
> And it had an IBM badge on it. For modern readers, consider how today the
> Microsoft badge protects the technology buyer from rebuke when it turns out
> badly.
>
> Roy

Oh yes, I remember the FUDdish litany: "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM." Received on Thu Nov 16 2006 - 12:42:56 CST