At 02:12 AM 10/26/98 -0800, Steven J. Owens so eloquently stated:
>Rainmaker writes:
>> >This reminds of the SQL debate. I recall my brother-in-law talking
>> >about SEQUEL and I wasn't too sure what he was talking about. My
>> >first inclination was to pronounce it as ESS QUE ELL. I do believe I
>> >am "right" in my inclination.
>
I didn't write that.
George
> I've been told (back in the days when I worked for a company that
>wrote an RDBMS engine that ran on 28 different platforms) that the
>"SeQueL" pronounciation is an IBM thing. Over the last six or so
>years, experience has borne that out, at least to the extent that most
>of the folks I've met who pronounce it that way got their initial
>experience in the IBM world. I have vague memories of being told that
>the IBM contingent on the SQL design committee came up with that
>pronounciation and pushed hard for it.
>
> Most of the serious geeks that I know spell out the acronym, but
>then again most of the serious geeks that I know got their start in
>the UNIX world.
>
>
>Steven J. Owens
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>
>(P.S. I'm currently on a contract in Pasadena, LA, if anybody has any
>suggestions for places to see, things to do, etc).
>
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