Re: MV Keys

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote

> This issue of minimizing complexity is confusing. A logical data model
> is implemented by developers using an interface to a dbms. There are
> trade-offs in any design, of course, and if we are going to build a
> house with round walls it will cost additional dollars. But we don't
> want dbms tool designers to suggest they will be making design
> decisions based on simplifying the design for the computer or for the
> dbms developers. The simplicity we need to care about a bit more is
> the simplicity for the user of the tools. I think that is where
> Marshall's use of the term "power" comes in. Surely you can implement
> a list, for example, using the RM, but the tool is not doing much work
> for you. It doesn't have enough power. It isn't simple enough from a
> user standpoint.
>

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler than that."
--Albert Einstein-- Received on Fri Mar 03 2006 - 15:34:56 CST