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Table of Contents

  1. From the Editor's Desk
  2. Lars Heide
  3. pp. 2-3
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RDBMS: The Fromative Years

  1. Relational Database Management Systems: The Formative Years
  2. Burton Grad
  3. pp. 7-8
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  1. The Relational Database and the Concept of the Information System
  2. David Alan Grier
  3. pp. 9-17
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  1. The RDBMS Industry: A Northern California Perspective
  2. Martin Campbell-Kelly
  3. pp. 18-29
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  1. The Relational Model: Beginning of an Era
  2. Hugh Darwen
  3. pp. 30-37
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  1. IBM Relational Database Systems: The Early Years
  2. Bradford W. Wade, Donald D. Chamberlin
  3. pp. 38-48
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  1. Compiling SQL into System/370 Machine Language
  2. Bradford W. Wade
  3. pp. 49-50
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  1. The Oracle Story, Part 1: 1977-1986
  2. Robert Preger
  3. pp. 51-57
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  1. History of the Ingres Corporation
  2. Lawrence A. Rowe
  3. pp. 58-70
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Reviews

  1. Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott (review)
  2. Anthony P. Pennino
  3. p. 4
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  1. La France en réseaux. Tome I: La rencontre des tlécommunications et de l'informatique (1960-1980) [The Networked France, Volume I: The Meeting of Telecommunications and Computing] by Valérie Schafer (review)
  2. Francesca Musiani
  3. pp. 5-6
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Local Area Networks

  1. Stockholm, Sweden
  2. Michael Geselowitz
  3. p. 71
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Interviews

  1. Peter J. Denning
  2. David Walden
  3. pp. 72-77
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Anecdotes

  1. Early History of SQL
  2. Donald D. Chamberlin
  3. pp. 78-82
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Events and Sightings

  1. Obituary of Lawrence A. Welke
  2. Luanne Johnson
  3. p. 83
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  1. Technology Heritage Activities in Japan
  2. Akihiko Yamada
  3. pp. 83-85
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Think Piece

  1. Collecting the History of the Software Industry
  2. Burton Grad, Luanne Johnson
  3. pp. 88-87
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