go West ...

This post is not meant to be an endorsement of any database vendor.  If you have been using a particular vendor's database, however, and if you've ever wondered where the idea to even have such a database got started, you might find the short history at the link below interesting:

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/West-Group-Company-History.html.

Scroll down a little to get to the early story.

hat tip:  Associate Dean Nancy Soonpaa, Texas Tech

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