Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)

From: Andrew McDonagh <news_at_andmc.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 23:01:55 +0100
Message-ID: <e5ifcn$lca$1@news.freedom2surf.net>

Bob Badour wrote:
> Andrew McDonagh wrote:
>

>> Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew McDonagh wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The heart of the system is the data.
>>>>
>>>> Wrong - the heart of the system is information, not data.
>>>
>>>
>>> I see. You have nothing useful to contribute, so you split
>>> hairs over some terminological difference you imagine.
>>>
>>>
>>> Marshall
>>>
>>
>> no - Data is (at least I hope) wildly known as being raw, Information 
>> is that Data interpreted in a meaningful way.
>>
>> Do you need an example?

>
> Andrew, that definition is a fad among marketers and incompetent
> managers. Data is the subset of information represented suitably for
> machine processing, which is a standard definition you can find from
> ISO. It is probably the single most fundamental and important definition
> in computing science.
>
> Your ignorance of it and your sheeplike acceptance of nonsense show how
> immature and regressive our field is right now. I suggest you try to
> spend less time reading fashion magazines and more time learning the
> fundamentals of your craft.

ouch!

(Andrew shakes his head an continues flicking through DBMS Weekly) Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 17:01:55 CDT