Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!rip!news.webusenet.com!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!thewolery.demon.co.uk!thewolery From: "Anthony W. Youngman" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory,comp.databases.pick Subject: Re: foundations of relational theory? Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:05:30 +0000 Organization: vinny-puch Lines: 33 Message-ID: <0iceBLA6rBn$EwIs@thewolery.demon.co.uk> References: <1efdad5b.0309260259.393522ae@posting.google.com> <6db906b2.0310131929.ae22604@posting.google.com> <6db906b2.0310191644.13b47642@posting.google.com> <6db906b2.0310202027.58324c36@posting.google.com> Reply-To: "Anthony W. Youngman" NNTP-Posting-Host: thewolery.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1067203056 13586 158.152.222.21 (26 Oct 2003 21:17:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:17:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.01 U Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.theory:22101 comp.databases.pick:76503 In article , Paul Vernon writes >"Anthony W. Youngman" wrote in message >news:T1ljmMCJ9ul$EwsP@thewolery.demon.co.uk... >> EXCEPT this was an ACADEMIC study, not a MARKETING study, and as I >> understand it, the researchers were surprised by the result. >> >> They picked a bunch of large companies with the idea of calculating db >> spend as a proportion of turnover. No bias there. They plotted those two >> figures, and were surprised to get a double peak. No bias there, either. >> >> When they investigated this unusual phenomenon, they discovered the low- >> spending peak was almost entirely Pick-based dbs, the high-spending peak >> was relational. > >What did they expect? If Pick was as expensive to run as Oracle, then nobody >in their right mind would run it. > >I.e. It's market niche is low cost and low functionality. > >Or are you saying that it is as *functional* as an Oracle or DB2, and the >only reason that it has not taken over the world is that old war horse: >'poor marketing' ?! > Actually, YES! Cheers, Wol -- Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk Witches are curious by definition and inquisitive by nature. She moved in. "Let me through. I'm a nosey person.", she said, employing both elbows. Maskerade : (c) 1995 Terry Pratchett