Server setup hints

[David Bandel]

On 8/7/06, Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> wrote:
> Oh yeah, and interesting bit of history I discovered while
> trashing around doing research for stuff for my MVISAM:
>
> MS SQL IS based upon the source code from Sybase. Seems they bought
> a "Source' code and distribution" license many many years ago.
> ( http://www.answers.com/topic/microsoft-sql-server )
>
> Then layered on the some of the JET engine technology they got
> when they bought out FoxPro ...

Very old news.  Many years ago when Oracle and Informix were the
standards and Sybase was having cash problems, M$ approached them.
They (M$) bought a great SQL engine, then proceeded to gui-fy it via a
worthless interface.  I assume it remains today as bad as it was as
MSSQL v6 (which I got to try out, but dumped because it was so bad).
Regardless, they have much to do to fix all the security bugs their
GUI introduced (thanx to RPC most of us are smart enough to avoid
running on our Linux/UNIX boxes).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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