Re: my 2 cents

From: kevin moriarty <schmerd_at_primenet.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:12:03 -0700
Message-ID: <838snn$q56$1@nnrp02.primenet.com>

My post is meant more as a question than a statement. I would rather learn than teach.

Kenneth C Stahl <BlueSax_at_Unforgettable.com> wrote in message news:38579652.879221F8_at_Unforgettable.com...
> kevin moriarty wrote:
> >
> > There are three commercially successful dbs in the world. Each
increasing in
> > complexity, functionality, and cost.
> >
> > access
> > sql server
> > oracle
> >
>
> Duh! What about Informix? Sybase? Terradata?
>

www.monster.com
query phoenix then oracle, jobs available=290 query phoenix then informix, jobs available=33 query phoenix then sybase, jobs available=88 query phoenix then terradata, jobs available=0

I am interested in finding any major city in the world, where these ratios are different. Do you know of any?

There are many useful databases in the world. I am confident there are technically superior dbs for each market class I mentioned. Since my time is the most precious resource I have I will invest it where I will receive the most benefit.

What are the criteria for a successful db system? Power
widely used
built in functionality
growing and changing
what else?

> > There are four programming languages in the world:
> > c
> > c++
> > java
> > vb
> >
> Absolutely wrong. The list of programming languages that are currently
> being used is probably at least 100.
>

I queried amazon.com for programming language books published after 1999.

language hits

C                39
C++            37
java             48
vb               34
fortran          2
cobol            1
perl             16
javascript    13
html            14
sql              28
ada              1
lisp              1
prolog          2
eiffel             0
smalltalk       0
python          2
tcl                 4
pl1                0

what else?

A craftsman is known by his tools.

What are the criteria for a worthy language? A language should compensate for human frailness

     people are forgetful
     make mistakes
     can hold only a few things in there head at one time

widely used
new systems are being developed in this language the language is growing and changing
what else?

>
> > There is one browser: IE
> >
>

Netscape has been consistently losing market share the past 2 years and ie's market share has been consistently growing. Given the nature of humanity and ms marketing strategy; the technically inferior, but commercially superior product will dominate.

> You've got to be kidding me!!!!!!!!
>
> > There are two operating systems:
> > windows
> > linux
> >
>
> You took a stupid pill this morning didn't you?
>

dos
mac os
solaris
vms
os/2
amiga os
all these os's's's are barely living, dying, or dead

> > there is one network protocol: tcp/ip
> >
>
> If that is the only one you know of then you need to spend some time
> reading about networking rather than posting lame messages.
>

You got me, I know squat about networking. How do network protocols rank? I'm sure there are some that are more efficient on a lan vs a wan, some are more secure, some are more robust, some are better for various bandwidths.

> > there is one development methodology(today + 2 years): webcentric
>
> webcentric will be considered archaic technology in less than six months
> >

what will replace this?

> > observations?
>
> My observation? You are a dolt and a troll!

IQ 99.7% (CTMM)
Myers Briggs ENTX
I've doubled my income every year for the past 3 years and expect the trend to continue.

Thank you for your passionate response.

By the way, there are two webservers:
IIS
Apache Received on Wed Dec 15 1999 - 14:12:03 CST