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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 02:59:18 -0800
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From: Rachel Carmichael <wisernet100@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Teradata baned from IOUG???
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I believe SQR was bought by Sybase.... so Oracle didn't want it at the
conference.

I remember IOUW in Miami (in '91 I think).... SQR had an RV outside the
conference hotel because they were not on the exhibit floor


--- "Robson, Peter" <pgro@bgs.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Teradata would not be the first product banned.  Way back in
> olden-times the
> maker of SQR were banned, but I cannot remember why.  
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Well, I can answer that. SQR began life as a report writer with
> procedural
> capabilities. It arrived before PL/SQL, and was the first 4GL which
> provided
> procedural processing of Oracle data. Even after PL/SQL arrived, our
> local
> Oracle contacts confirmed SQR to be far superior... and as for
> comparing
> Oracle's report writer with SQR - oh please...
> 
> peter
> 
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