Re: DB clasical structure violation

In article <hS%R8.31$0U1.3212_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>, David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com> writes
>> And why would you suggest defective technology that was discarded 20 years
>ago?
>
>I agree with the point that hierarchical or network databases are worth
>examining. The gradual replacement of hierarchical and network DBMS
>packages by relational DBMS packages is actually an interesting history.
>It's oversimplifying to say that all those earlier databases were simply
>"defective". Many of them were quite solid. In fact, there are still
>applications today that are running under "pre relational" DBMS packages.
>
And, despite predating them, Pick databases are often known as "post relational". Which probably explains at least partly why they're so busy copying our stuff :-)

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