>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
Tom> Of course, IBM can afford to keep reps on the SQL standards Tom> committee to make sure that no future spec
extension Tom> conflicts with the names they've used for their additions to Tom> INFORMATION_SCHEMA. We, on the
otherhand, could easily get Tom> burnt by spec changes.
Right it's pretty unfair. I'm not beating any drums here. It's more
than just making sure that no extensions conflict with what they've
used. It's also about makign their extensions the default.
One thing that they _do_ try though is to use very ibm-centric when
possible.
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