[driusan]

I think the most well-thought-out explanation I've seen for why widespread support for the SQL standard seemed to stop after SQL-92 is this one:

http://www.wiscorp.com/is_sql_a_real_standard.pdf

[Xophmeister]

This was quite interesting; thank you for posting... I may be cheeky and submit it to HN.

[driusan]

I'm fairly sure I originally saw it on HN.