Re: dbms/rdbms software & its environment

Hi Mikito,
>
> "Ruud de Koter" <ruud_dekoter_at_hp.com> wrote in message
> news:3FA0CEBA.654D6439_at_hp.com...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > mountain man wrote:
> > >
> > > There have been a few astute posts here and there
> > > to the effect that notwithstanding the benefit of the
> > > development of "the relational model" for databases,
> > > for the last 20 years database theory (a la Date for
> > > example) has remained database centric in its thinking.
> > >
> >
> > You 're doing the same trick again: need to get the computer environment
> into
> > database theory, 'cause it 's incomplete without it.
> >
> > Gosh: need to get the organizational environment into computing theory,
> 'cause
> > it 's no use without organization (wasn't it you writing about
> organizational
> > intellegence).
> >
> > Yeah: we 'll have to get the society as a whole into the organizational
> theory,
> > 'cause the organization does not function in a vacuum.
> >
> > Your approach will lead you to a theory of everything. There are, at least
> to my
> > knowledge, no good examples of theories of everything. That is simply to
> > complicated.
> >
> > One of the first steps in theory-building is choosing a limited field of
> which
> > you can build a good (simplified) model. Try and make that step.
>
> Stolen from sci.math:
>
> FoxPro Programmers Who Have Read Bad Popular
> Science And Decide That Now The Time Has Come
> To Present Their Final Theory To The World.

Is it? I don't read about FoxPro so I wouldn't know. The idea seems pretty obvious though, I wouldn't claim it to be highly original.

Should I read up on this, or is it only interesting for FoxPro issues?

Regards,

Ruud.

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