I agree, total FUD. Oracle also claims to have invented relational databases, al...

csbrooks · on Jan 28, 2010

This book:

http://www.amazon.com/Difference-Between-God-Larry-Ellison/d...

...told me everything I needed to know about Larry Ellison, and the history of Oracle...

logicalmind · on Jan 28, 2010

The list of Oracle claimed firsts is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database#List_of_claimed...

I don't see them claiming to have invented relational databases. Do you have a reference for that claim?

bitdiddle · on Jan 28, 2010

I do, but I'd have to dig it out. In one of the earlier versions of Oracle than ran on Windows 95 (arguably the last decent one :), one got a set of manuals with it, one of which was titled something like "Concepts and..." It was in there.