Re: foundations of relational theory?

"This is my theory. It is a theory and it is mine. The Brontosaurus is thin on one end, much much thicker in the middle, and thin again on the other end."
Anne Elk

"Joe" <avoidingspam_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bnuink$159kuh$1_at_ID-49604.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in
> news:bntqpg$odk$1_at_mantis.golden.net:
>
> > "Joe" <avoidingspam_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:bnsf67$14s3bj$1_at_ID-49604.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >> bbadour_at_golden.net (Bob Badour) wrote in
> >> news:cd3b3cf.0310300617.1e902652_at_posting.google.com:
> >>
> >> > cmurthi <xyzcmurthi_at_quest.with.a.w.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:<3F9FEB3A.9090508_at_quest.with.a.w.net>...
> >> >> Please, Jeffrey, don't bother to engage in a pissing context;
> >> >> let BB stew in his own poisonous words. There are others with
> >> >> whom we can debate reasonably.
> >> >>
> >> >> Oh, and someone capable of saying "A well-designed base database
> >> >> will require few or no complex constraints" is obviously living
> >> >> in an alternate universe and not worthy of serious
> >> >> consideration.
> >> >
> >> > If you mean a universe with better data management products than
> >> > Pick, then yes, I live in a different universe than you. I live
> >> > in the real one.
> >>
> >> That's good. A guy from comp.databases.theory claiming to live in
> >> the real world. Bob, to quote you, you're an idiot.
> >
> > Theory exists in the real world and exists to describe the real
> > world. You are the idiot.
>
> I stand corrected - you're a funny idiot, Bob. <g>
>
> Regards,
> Joe
Received on Sat Nov 01 2003 - 19:11:08 CET