Re: Why Oracle is called Oracle

From: Norman Dunbar <oracle_at_dunbar-it.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2016 09:18:26 +0100
Message-ID: <D564E06F-3045-49FF-9D27-B547BE575EE4_at_dunbar-it.co.uk>

Delphi for Windows is named after Delphi in Greece, where the Oracle of Delphi used to hang out in a cave, making predictions and giving out answers.

Mladen, as far as I have been informed, is correct. Oracle is named after her.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia&ved=0ahUKEwiewvP5uJDNAhWGAcAKHZaBAhAQFggnMAI&usg=AFQjCNGxjvsjkuZCqYUupDPd4p9qd5bwPA&sig2=93lU8ba6yflb8Z3jcBGPmQ

Cheers,
Norm.
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