16 Sep
2011
16 Sep
'11
8:28 p.m.
Always Learning wrote:
On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 11:10 -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
On 09/15/11 12:51 PM, Always Learning wrote:
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When IBM introduced its Structured Query Language many years ago, it seemed like a helpful facility for end-users who could, using SQL, access they own data fairly quickly rather than wait several weeks for a purposely written computer programme.
<snip> As a point of information, it *was* intended for ->managers<- to get reports themselves, rather than waiting weeks, or months, for a program to be written.
Another "cure" for the software backlog. Heh. Heh. Heh....
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