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"Adrian Kubala" <adrian_at_sixfingeredman.net> wrote in message
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> mountain man <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> schrieb:
> > Do primitive databases exist in nature in some form? If so, in what
> > form(s)?
>
> Unless you're talking about the relational model in particular, I think
> that whether something is a database or not is purely subjective --
There are no general distinguishing features of databases by which they might be discerned?
And why do you make exception of the relational model? Is it supposed to be more objective?
Thanks,
Pete Brown
Falls Creek
NSW
OZ
Received on Sun Jan 04 2004 - 21:12:52 CST
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