Re: Poll: What percentage advantage are RDBMS vendors taking of the RM?

From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:20:42 -0400
Message-Id: <47ngn2-en8.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net>


mountain man wrote:

> "Kenneth Downs" <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock> wrote in message
> news:70cgn2-d18.ln1_at_pluto.downsfam.net...

>> mountain man wrote:

>
>>> The rating of 100 equates to full realisation of the RM.
>>> The rating of 50 equates to half realisation of the RM.
>>> The rating of 10 equates to 10% realisation of the RM.
>>> The rating of 0 equates to zero realisation of the RM

>
> ...[trim]...
>
>> Search on Google Groups for a thread called "4 the FAQ: Are Commercial
>> DBMS
>> Truly Relational"  Most of the issues were dealt with in that thread.

>
>
> Some interesting responses, such as 'And, to tell the
> truth, I regard Oracle as "close enough for practical
> purposes".'
>
> In this case, the percentage might have been stated by this
> responder to be 90% (truly relational). Thanks for the
> reference.
>

No problem. But what I liked about the responses was no so much the percentage idea, as the specific concepts. The percentage concept is then subjective. Depending on how important the divergent features are to you, that's how well the product conforms.

-- 
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)
Received on Tue Jun 07 2005 - 16:20:42 CEST

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