Getting closer... there was something called "DL1", or maybe it was styled "DL/I" like PL/I. It was part of IMS, although it could be adapted or something to CICS and batch. Also, IMS I think was semi-organized into two parts: IMS/DB and IMS/DC. All-in-all, a plausible case for the "2" in dB2.
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Dale R. Smith <dale-sm...@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:30:54 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson > <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> wrote: > >>... how about the fact that there never was a D(bee)1? The product was >>spawned in an era where calling anything '2' gave it a veneer of >>respectability as if it were a new and improved version of some mythical >>precursor. ... >>. ... > > Well, there is a DB1, (or Db1), but it's called IMS! :-) > > And before there was Db2, there was SQL/DS on VM and VSE. > > -- > Dale R. Smith > -- sas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
