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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Wayne Erickson mentioned in
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Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 12:31
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Wayne Erickson
mentioned in article
It was CLOUT, Steve!
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Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:14 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Wayne Erickson mentioned in
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If I recall correctly, 15 years ago was around the time that
M'rim had that natural language interface for generating queries. Back
then - ain't it weird how I/T makes things seem so long ago - this was quite
the innovation. Of course, based on what you indicate is discussed
in the article, it's still quite the innovation (to be).
Alas, I can't even recall the name of the product, although
I still have the 5.25" floppy disks, the documentation, and perhaps even the
box ... I'm sure that BillD or Wayne or some other "old-timer" can
provide the product name.
My $0.02,
Steve in Memphis
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Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 8:27
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Wayne Erickson
mentioned in article
In the May 31 issue of eWeek, the weekly
column by Peter Coffee
is "When databases think". He talks about
innovatons in an upcoming
database release that are "aimed at life
sciences' needs" (like genetic
mapping, etc.). He talks about
wishing you could walk into a hardware
store, wave your broken plumbing
part in front of a terminal, have it
diagnose the problem and tell you
what aisle it's in.
Anyway, he says: "I remember a
conversation I had about 15 years ago
with Wayne Erickson of Microrim, an
early pioneer in putting relational
database power on desktops with
R:base. Erickson talked about the
challenge of searching for data
that can't be described with numbers or
text." Another quote:
"Erickson noted during our conversation, for
example, the difference
between the requests "Show me that graph I
saw last month of projected
business growth rates" and "Show me that
graph with the red and blue
lines on it."
Karen
