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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (10730)	9/11/1998 2:33:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

[Do you know who Jim Grey is? He went to redmond as I understand it.] Database expert Jim Gray has been with MSFT for several years, though I think he's in the bay area rather than Redmond. My understanding is that Gray's focus is advanced research. I'd be surprised to hear he was directly involved in the latest SQL Server release. BTW, in an earlier post you say "luck is really on msft's side when it comes to alliances." I'm curious why you say it's luck. Seems to me MSFTs business style is very methodical.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (10730)	9/11/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: ericneu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

> Do you mind if I ask what your background is with regard to the Sql server product line? Do you know who Jim Grey is? He went to redmond as I understand it. My personal, hands-on experience with SQL Server is limited to using it as a repository for SMS data. The rest of my SQL knowledge is anecdotal, but from people whose technical skills I have great respect for. There's a Jim Gray who works for MS Research - I know of him, but I've never had the opportunity to meet him. - Eric

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (10730)	9/12/1998 9:17:00 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 74651

Michelle - Jim works in the bay area (San Francisco actually) and is involved in architectural work both on SQL 7 and future releases, but is not directly involved in any product work, according to Redmond people involved with the SQL development. More important to the SQL team's product work are resources like Dave Marshall (one of the chief architects of Sybase system 11, and a specialist in query engines). MS has hired many of the best and brightest in the database design business in the last 18 months, including key resources from the former RDB team who decided they didn't much like Oracle... There is little doubt that RDB was industrial strength.