Re: Database vs. DBMS

"Kenneth Downs" <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message news:1irp62-okl.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net...
> Marshall Spight wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> hear hear!
>
> It seems we muddle, stifle, and stunt a lot of good conversations here by
> going off on tangents that always begin with some "helpful" soul who
> corrects something that did not need correcting.
Received on Tue Nov 16 2004 - 19:02:33 CET