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RE: RE: Re[2]: [sqr-users] SQR History
I am sorry, but I have to throw my two cents in. I am fascinated and
excited as I realize that I have been receiving help not only from
developers like myself but some of the people that helped make SQR what it
is today. I feel very fortunate to be part of this group and to be able to
ask questions of some of these great minds. I enjoyed the brief history
lesson too!
Patti
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob.Melosi@edwardjones.com [mailto:Bob.Melosi@edwardjones.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:10 PM
To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
Subject: Re: RE: Re[2]: [sqr-users] SQR History
Then I look forward to the history of SQR user's group. Send me the URL.
> Sorry you're bored, Bob. I find it fascinating.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob.Melosi@edwardjones.com [mailto:Bob.Melosi@edwardjones.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:58 AM
> To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
> Subject: Re[2]: [sqr-users] SQR History
>
>
> ZZZZZZZ, this is getting kind of like the foreigners stealing our jobs,
OFF
> TOPIC.
>
> >
> >
> > Ray, modestly left off he and his company's contributions to the push
for
> > enhancements of SQR. I think an application history would also be
> > interesting. Especially sqr product numbers/releases and features with
> first
> > or creative use of the feature.
> > However, I thought that SQR was originally a D.O.D. specification and
that
>
> > Israel Stern (sp?) and Peter Burton then created the language for that
> spec.
> >
> > Anyone know?
> >
> > John Willson
> >
> > Ray Ontko <rayo@ontko.com> said:
> >
> > > Denise, et al,
> > >
> > > Peter Burton can probably fill in some details, and I don't know the
> > > exact dates, but here's what I know:
> > >
> > > SQ Software created SQR in the mid 1980s. They had a marketing
> > > agreement with D & N systems (which changed its name to SQL Solutions,
> > > and was later acquired by Sybase).
> > >
> > > Sybase purchased SQ Software in the early 1990s. To avoid competing
> > > directly with Oracle, Sybase had a marketing and development agreement
> > > with MITI for the Oracle versions of the product.
> > >
> > > MITI acquired the full rights to SQR in the mid 1990s. MITI later
> > > changed its name to SQRiBE Technologies.
> > >
> > > Brio Technologies acquired SQRiBE in August, 1999. Brio Technologies
> > > later changed its name to Brio Software.
> > >
> > > Brio licensed the source code to Peoplesoft sometime around 2000.
> > >
> > > Hyperion Software acquired Brio Software in October, 2003.
> > >
> > > That's the rough outline of the history of the product, as I
> > > recall it. I'd like to fill in the exact dates, legal
> > > names and product names to give a more complete history.
> > >
> > > Have I left out any important milestones?
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 10:00:50AM -0500, White, Denise wrote:
> > > > Interesting, Dave! Thanks for the history!
> > > >
> > > > Since you have the version 1 manuals, when was SQR first introduced,
> and
> > by what company? The guy with the 'bad attitude' was also quite
scornful
> of
> > my suggestion that MITI had originated SQR and said it was around long
> before
> > that company was. I know it was MITI, then SQRibe, then Brio (and now
> > Hyperion?), but was it something else before that? I'm afraid I haven't
> held
> > onto any of my manuals prior to version 4, but I think I started with
> version
> > 2 (1994). As this is the SQR users group, hearing the history of the
> product
> > is quite interesting!
> > > >
> > > > Denise M. White
> > > > Sr. Software Engineer
> > > > Vicor
> > > > --__--__--
> > > >
> > > > Message: 1
> > > > Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 06:42:45 -0800
> > > > To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
> > > > From: David Donnelly <Dave@isisbio.com>
> > > > Subject: [sqr-users] Hyphen history
> > > > Reply-To: sqr-users@sqrug.org
> > > >
> > > > Ever wonder why that hyphen thing (#count-1) is the way it is?
> > > >
> > > > In its infancy, SQR didn't have expressions. There was no "let"
> > statement,
> > > > and "if" could only have simple expressions with one relation. These
> were
> > > > added in version 2, in 1990. At one point, at least, there were
error
>
> > > > messages that SQR had made an assumption about whether you meant it
to
> be
> > a
> > > > variable or an expression. Either that warning was removed, or I
> finally
> > > > got out of the habit of using hyphens in variable names.
> > > >
> > > > Version 2 also brought dynamic variables, compiler directives, and
> > removed
> > > > the need to put a hyphen at the end of the line if a statement
> continued
> > to
> > > > the next line.
> > > >
> > > > I still have the version 1 manuals. We've sure come a long way.
The
> > Brio
> > > > guy with the bad attitude was probably in third grade when SQR was
> > launched.
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > sqr-users@sqrug.org
> > > > http://www.sqrug.org/mailman/listinfo/sqr-users
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Ray Ontko rayo@ontko.com Phone 1.765.935.4283 Fax 1.765.962.9788
> > > Ray Ontko & Co. Software Consulting Services http://www.ontko.com/
> > >
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