Database vs. DBMS
From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:32:04 GMT
Message-ID: <U1imd.343075$wV.288099_at_attbi_s54>
I just want to go on record as saying that I find the whole pedantic insistence on differentiating between a database and a dbms tiresome and counterproductive. It isn't "precise"; it's ostentatious. Humans are very, very good at disambiguating, and I've never seen anyone confuse a database and a dbms, even when the wrong term was used.
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:32:04 GMT
Message-ID: <U1imd.343075$wV.288099_at_attbi_s54>
I just want to go on record as saying that I find the whole pedantic insistence on differentiating between a database and a dbms tiresome and counterproductive. It isn't "precise"; it's ostentatious. Humans are very, very good at disambiguating, and I've never seen anyone confuse a database and a dbms, even when the wrong term was used.
People don't confuse classes and objects either, even if their diction would lead you to believe otherwise.
Marshall Received on Tue Nov 16 2004 - 08:32:04 CET