Nicolai, Thank you very much. Very interesting paper.
mkb --- Nicolai Tufar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oracle was the first commercial Realtional Database > Management System. > And it was relational from day one (version two :), > and it was built with > relational theory in mind. IBM was the first to > implement RDBMS though. > It was called System R, or something, later it > became known as DB2. > > Take a look at this paper: > http://www.mcjones.org/System_R/SQL_Reunion_95/index.html > > Very fascinating reading. They tell how Larry was > trying to get tle list > of DB2 error codes so that Oracle would be > compatible with it. > Also a bit about Larry luring IBM engeneers > promising that they > would become millionares with Oracle. He was right. > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Nicolai Tufar > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: mkb INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).