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OK, before I even start this review, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you, the reader. Here goes:

Do you know what relational database technology is?Have you ever been, or are you now, a DBMS programmer or administrator?Have you ever heard of SQL? Do you know what it stands for? Can you code in it?
Have you ever heard of Oracle corporation? DB/2? Postgres? Ansa? Borland?
Have you ever heard of dBase II? III? Most infamously IV? Have you ever heard of a company called Ashton-Tate?
Do you know who Edgar Frank Codd is? Have you ever read his 13 commandments for relational database management systems?Does it make you feel good to know that you know the difference between a
If you can answer yes to any of the above, then stop reading this review right now and go buy Esquelle and the Tesla Protocol by 

All done? I'm sure after you saw the book's cover, you understood precisely why you should buy this book. And you know that I've just brought a little extra sunshine and joy to your life and you'll be thanking me years from now. No need to weep for gratitude; I did this just because I'm that type of guy.


And if you can't answer in the affirmative, you should still buy the book because it's an exciting very cool read. And after you're done, you'll you may be 


I don't want to geek out you non-nerds out there 

By the way, in honor of this great book and topic, I'm running a little contest. During the 80s, many software companies released desktop RDBMS software packages for the IBM PC and some of the other competing systems. However, Codd was known to favor one particular product in particular?

What was the product and the name of the company?

The first five people to send me an E-mail with the above will receive a free copy of m