Sybase SQL Server 1.0 Release

Name: Sybase SQL Server 1.0 Release
Start: 1987-05-01
Location: Berkeley, California, USA

Sybase Inc. releases the first version of its SQL Server, a groundbreaking transactional database designed for client-server architectures on UNIX platforms.

Significance

This was the foundational technology that Microsoft would license and adapt, making it the original codebase for what would become Microsoft SQL Server.

Key facts

Date: 1987-05-01
Type: release
Location: Berkeley, California, USA