Re: RTF - proprietary or open?

John Hasler wrote:
> 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>

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

No, I don't.

> SQL in the early 1970s. It just didn't become an ISO standard until 1987.
>
> Follow the link I gave you.

I replied to your message AS WRITTEN. If you don't mean to imply that MicroSoft doesn't predate 1987, then you shouldn't make a statement like that.

If you knew that SQL was created in the 60s or 70s, then you don't need to learn history, you need to learn English.

Mike

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