Here's a fun fact, compliments of Sparky:

"The development of the first commercially successful relational database, Oracle, in 1979, by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates, marked a pivotal innovation in business data management, adopting Edgar F. Codd’s relational model. In the cultural zeitgeist, Sony Walkman was also launched, changing how people interacted with music just as Oracle transformed the interaction with data. Both Oracle and the Walkman became emblematic of the technological strides of the era."

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