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Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS

From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:54:32 +0200
Message-ID: <413a2b88$0$25965$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl> 






Laconic2 wrote:


> mAsterdam wrote: 




L:>

>>>It's hacking into information that was not written to be shared.
>>
>>This is a very important observation, IMHO.
>>It looks like it is shared data (because of the
>>tools used) but it's not.




> 

> Yes.  In particular,  wouldn't it be great is there were a tool  called  a


> PEDMS  (persistent encapsulated data management system)  that would be a

> DIFFERENT TOOL than a DBMS?  Maybe it wouldn't even need an SQL port or a

> built in data dictionary.  Should be lots cheaper than a DBMS.




If the sharing requirement is really dropped, any
filesystem will do, no?



In my experience many misunderstandings rise from the
wrong expectation that by simply using a RDBMS as
a persistence-provider (yes, "CRUD-service") by some
magic the stored data instantly becomes shareable.
Received on Sat Sep 04 2004 - 22:54:32 CEST












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