From: Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@...>
Date: 2007-03-22T00:37:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science

I hate to say this, but 10 seconds of fact checking says shenanigans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql
Summary,
It wasn't some toy language, it was a research paper by a Dr Codd
working for IBM.
In the 70s IBM made a relational database system and based the
language off of Dr Codd's paper, the language was called "Structured
English Query Language", later shortened for copyright/trademark
reasons :)

Read the article for the rest.

--Kyle