>>"Microsoft got into the relational database market with Sybase's help back in 1987, when it negotiated the right to co-develop and resell Sybase's system. The deal ended after seven years, and Microsoft took over full-time development of its own version of the platform."
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>>Bill Anderson
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>So, 7 years AFTER 1987 would be 1996, then 10 year anniversary would be, 2006... so, the are probably counting the year a product named SQL Server came out, which I think was 1992. I think version 6.5 was the first version with NO sybase code in it?
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7 years AFTER 1987 would be 1994, not 1996. But your point is made -- SQL Server's "10 year anniversary" makes little sense at all...

Bill