Re: Whatever happened to BS-12?
From: Roy Hann <specially_at_processed.almost.meat>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:55:37 -0000
Message-ID: <8JidnWPKlZm9O8HYRVnyvw_at_pipex.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:55:37 -0000
Message-ID: <8JidnWPKlZm9O8HYRVnyvw_at_pipex.net>
"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:vX07h.20787$cz.317781_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> jlfoster wrote:
>> And how in hell did System R (and the SQL nightmare) get so popular? Feh.
>>
>> http://www.mcjones.org/System_R/bs12.html
>
> It was good enough.
And it had an IBM badge on it. For modern readers, consider how today the
Microsoft badge protects the technology buyer from rebuke when it turns out
badly.
Roy