Re: pre-FAQ

"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message news:415907d9$0$78772$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
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> > mAsterdam wrote:
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> >>Q: When did this newsgroup get started?
> >>A: I don't know, but I found this:
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> >
> > This should definitely go in the FAQ. Good job tracking it down.
>
> Thank you. Here is another message. This one is at
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http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/ftp.isc.org/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/comp/comp.databases.theory
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> >
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> > From John.Roddick_at_levels.unisa.edu.au Sat Apr 4 02:42:44 1992
> > Xref: rpi news.announce.newgroups:1730 news.groups:37198
comp.databases:13135 comp.ai:8594
> > Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.databases,comp.ai
> > Path: rpi!bounce-back
> > From: John.Roddick_at_levels.unisa.edu.au
> > Subject: RFD: comp.databases.theory
> > Followup-To: news.groups
> > Sender: tale_at_cs.rpi.edu
> > Nntp-Posting-Host: cs.rpi.edu
> > Organization: University of South Australia
> > Date: 13 Jan 92 16:11:38 GMT
> > Approved: tale_at_rpi.edu
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> > Maybe the time has come to set up another database newsgroup. The
> > trouble with COMP.DATABASES is twofold. Firstly the volume of stuff
> > posted makes it impossible to read it all, expecially when time is
> > limited, and secondly, from my point of view (and I suspect others)
> > most of the postings are too much problem solving ("I've got this
> > problem with Oracle") and not enough discussion.
> >
> > How about the following:
> > COMP.DATABASE - as now
> > COMP.DATABASE.THEORY - discussion of db theory and paradigms
> > COMP.DATABASE.AI \
> > or - discussion of expert databases etc.
> > COMP.AI.DATABASE / (if sufficient demand)
> >
> > John Roddick
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A few months ago, I suggested a new newsgroup,

COMP.DATABASES.DESIGN The idea was to provide separate fora (forums?) for the discussion of how to make the best use of a generic existing DBMS, and the theory of construction of the DBMS itself. This forum would address primarily the latter.

The new forum would collect in one place design issues that come up over and over again in the various product specific fora but are general problems for a whole class of DBMS products, such as the Relational DBMS products.

Some people reacted favorably to the idea. Unfortunately, I don't have the resources to make it happen. I wonder if somebody else has both the resources and the interest to actually bring forth such a newsgroup. Received on Tue Sep 28 2004 - 10:44:43 CEST