Re: An encouraging note to hopeless DBA's

paul c <toledobysea_at_ac.ooyah> wrote:

[snip]

>As they say, politics makes strange bedfellows. Everybody and his
>brother saw how Microsoft tried to usurp the haphazard TML when they
>were approaching a browser monopoly, I'm sure they'd like to try the
>same with SQL but maybe competition from Oracle et al hinders that
>(harder for customers to switch). Personally, I'd like to see them turn
>SQL into an even bigger mess. Call me an anarchist.

     So XML or some other abomination can "save" us? Ah, so many choices, none good.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.