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No, the project got cancelled before Java showed up. Sybase pretty much went down the tubes after that as a major DBMS vendor. Not because our project failed, b
by hodgesrm 6y ago
No, the project got cancelled before Java showed up. Sybase pretty much went down the tubes after that as a major DBMS vendor. Not because our project failed, but because Sybase had a dud release in 1993 named System 10 that had serious quality problems and tanked sales.
- e12e 6y agoHeh, so that's just after the split of what became ms sql server on the Microsoft side. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybase https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybase > 1993: Sybase and Microsoft dissolve their partnership. Microsoft receives a copy of the SQL Server code base. (...) Sybase SQL Server version 4.2 and Microsoft SQL Server are identical. (...) From this point the products diverge as Microsoft includes more Windows features whilst Sybase adds Enterprise features (performance and scaling). > June 1993: Sybase announces its latest generation of software, named the System 10 product family; (...)
- hodgesrm 6y agoCorrect. MS SQL Server is based on the Sybase 4.2 release. System 10 was 3 releases later (4.8 & 4.9 added MP and internationalization support respectively).
- davidgould 6y agoFun fact, I handled producing and validating the last source code SQL Server source code exchange between Sybase and MS.
- davidgould 6y agoAs I recall, there were a few "ambitious" projects on the UI side, application builders or frameworks or something that were failing around then. I think there was a real loss of management focus on actual products in favor of chasing the next big thing. We also forgot to ship 4.8 (MP) for months as everyone jumped to 5.0 (aka System 10).