RE: OT -- history of Sybase spawning MS SQL Server

2001-05-04 Thread Mark Leith
Patrice, That's a hell of a write up! I knew the background to the SQLServer product, but not in so much detail! I also have a write up on the Ashton Tate/Microsoft/Sybase relationship, to give a little more info on the "early days": Back then the PC database Market was dominated by Ashton Tate

RE: OT -- history of Sybase spawning MS SQL Server

2001-05-03 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Does anyone know which products M$ created *on their own* ?? Any ideas anyone? I know one BSOD .. yeah, they have the patent on it, what else? ??? Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any o

OT -- history of Sybase spawning MS SQL Server

2001-05-03 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
More info since this is s-u-c-h a fascinating topic. In case you're wondering, it's past the end of the work day here for me, so I'm not wasting time... ironically I'm staying late to study for a SQL Server 7 Administration exam! Here goes, mind you this is from the lead developer for MS SQL Ser