Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard?

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Joe Abbate <jma(at)freedomcircle(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is there really no interest in SQL Standard?
Date: 2011-09-19 16:20:11
Message-ID: 20110919162011.GE13009@fetter.org
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:58:49AM -0400, Joe Abbate wrote:
> On 09/19/2011 09:50 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > FWIW, the fact that the drafts *are* confidential is symptomatic
> > of everything which is wrong with the ISO.
>
> Maybe it's time for an open source SQL standard, one not controlled
> by the "big guys" and their IP claims.

That's probably not a bad idea. The down side is that it'll be the work
of decades, not years, to get this thing going.

Cheers,
David.
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