On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:21:32 -0500 "Jon 'maddog' Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Microsoft's path is so much easier. Just brain-wash everyone to think > that whatever you do is "standard". A much easier path. Even Pope > Gregory would have agreed on that point. They followed IBM's lead. The database standards committee decided that IBM's SQL should be the basis for the standard. At one point, the committee got so far off IBM's implementation that they did a complete reset. (Dec's rep was Leslie Klein's husband, Data General's rep subsequently moved the NH to work at Dec, and Nixdorf's rep -me, also worked at Dec as a contractor). -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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