Xref: alice comp.databases.oracle:75345 comp.databases.oracle.misc:37275 comp.databases.oracle.server:59707 comp.databases.oracle.tools:29308 Path: alice!news-feed.fnsi.net!WCG!nntp2.giganews.com!news2.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "David Cressey" Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.oracle.tools,comp.databases.oracle.server References: <37a3ee04.700605227@news.cix.co.uk> <379ef926.700076@news.hydro.co.uk> <379F1AB8.73D6DC32@Unforgettable.com> <7nnnjv$t4o$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk> <37A044B0.D05438F2@Unforgettable.com> <37a0a010.2242181@news.tcp.co.uk> Subject: Re: Oracle #1? Then why are these still missing... Lines: 23 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 07:52:51 CDT Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing X-Trace: sv1-X5a3NaPynYR+FPmJO8NfhPi2rCy7mHNsFrmzKsXPbrYS76GotisGzW2VWFz+/UIJaIICIcSKGcOFDpI!pmQ1PdAlD4c= X-Complaints-To: abuse@GigaNews.Com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 07:38:02 -0400 I liked your precis with regard to British contributions to the history of ideas in IT. I knew of names like Boole, Babbage, Turing, and Russel, but it was good to see them all (and more) laid out so neatly. I am sure you could have made a longer list, but the one you made was most effective. I find the arguments about US vs UK and young vs old to be a real distraction from the basic issue which is: "whither Oracle?" Regards, David Cressey (a yank who is not an Anglophobe) Tom Kingsley wrote in message <37a0a010.2242181@news.tcp.co.uk>... >On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 08:10:25 -0400, Kenneth C Stahl > wrote: [snip] >In no particular chronological order: > [snip]