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I agree, total FUD. Oracle also claims to have invented relational databases, also total bullshit.
by bitdiddle 17y ago
I agree, total FUD. Oracle also claims to have invented relational databases, also total bullshit.
- logicalmind 17y agoThe list of Oracle claimed firsts is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database#List_of_claimed_firsts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database#List_of_claimed... I don't see them claiming to have invented relational databases. Do you have a reference for that claim?
- bitdiddle 17y agoI do, but I'd have to dig it out. In one of the earlier versions of Oracle than ran on Windows 95 (arguably the last decent one :), one got a set of manuals with it, one of which was titled something like "Concepts and..." It was in there.
- csbrooks 17y agoThis book: http://www.amazon.com/Difference-Between-God-Larry-Ellison/dp/0060008768/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264713345&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Difference-Between-God-Larry-Ellison/d... ...told me everything I needed to know about Larry Ellison, and the history of Oracle...