Re: Relational vs network vs hierarchic databases
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:14:55 -0500
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"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote in message
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> Agreed. I'm interested in the interface between the machine and the
person
> being useful and easy to use for the person. The machine itself can think
> like a machine, and the person can adapt to think more like a machine, but
> to minimize errors we can present a user interface that is as intuitive
for
> the human as feasible. So, if relations are something the computer likes
> for implementing an organization chart, that's fine, but does the person
> interacting with the computer (the IT professional modeling the data) need
> to think like the computer?
I disagree with your premise, that an IT professional has to think like a computer in order to make use of the Relational Data Model. I have too much personal experience to the contrary to accept that as a general observation. Received on Fri Nov 19 2004 - 17:14:55 CET