gosh400 | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why do many CS graduates lack foundational knowledge?
That sort of erroneous thinking (about SQL) was the reason Sun Microsystems (Java, NeWS, Sparc processors, etc), didn't have a Relational DBMS, and then had to buy MySQL for $1B, in order to make itself an attractive purchase (to save the company) - which Oracle then did for $7B.