Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

I wrote:
> Whatever gave you that idea? IBM created SQL before Microsoft existed! It
> has been an ISO standard since 1987. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL>

Mike writes:
> You need to learn some history. MicroSoft predates 1987 by quite a bit.

You need to learn some history (it isn't history for me). IBM developed SQL in the early 1970s. It just didn't become an ISO standard until 1987.

Follow the link I gave you.

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John Hasler


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