Re: How to find Brothers and Sisters?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:23:44 GMT
Message-ID: <k0erh.1840$1x.28973@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> "-CELKO-" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> 

>>>>The TTM is therefore only a declaration of his views about which of Codd's publications are to be preferred, with his analysis.<<
>>
>>It is too bad that Date decided to freeze his mindset on those early,
>>"work-in-process" papers. Dr. Codd was a mathematician -- his first
>>pwork was on cellular automata -- and he could see the problems that
>>needed to be addressed with RM ver 1.0 and then in ver 2.0. Date
>>could not make the jump to even ver 1.0 and got left behind.
>>
>>If I can find it there is a wonderful quote from Aristotle about
>>settling on distinct classes and two-valued logic as a convention altho
>>the real world does not have such clear distinctions and absolute
>>knowledge.

> 
>      Mr. Celko, has someone been pissing in your cornflakes?
> 
>      It could just as easily be reversed as that later people sway in
> the wind.  That does not sound any more convincing than your swipe.  I
> give it as an example and do not claim that it is so.  What is your
> excuse?

Actually, it is a fine example of Joe's typical modis operandi. He made a career out of invoking Date's name in the trade rags--generally by putting absolutely absurd words in Date's mouth. For some reason, Date seems compelled to reply to such nonsense. Date's compulsive replies elevated Joe's public image far above the image one might expect of an ignorant fool like Joe.

Luckily, Date has the sense to stay far away from usenet. Received on Tue Jan 16 2007 - 18:23:44 CST