Re: the relational model of data objects *and* program objects
From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn_at_garlic.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:45:50 -0600
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:45:50 -0600
Message-ID: <m3br8ispk1.fsf_at_lhwlinux.garlic.com>
"erk" <eric.kaun_at_gmail.com> writes:
> Spreadsheets and even SQL DBMSs are very different beasts, as has been
> described over and over again in these pages, and relational is
> different yet. If you're placing spreadsheets, relational, and SQL all
> in the same category, then there's not much left to discuss, I suppose.
while they may be different beasts ... they originally were targeted at very similar financial account oriented environments ... possibly in part because financial operations as early adopters had lots of money to spend on new stuff ... and there also possibly being some prospect of ROI ... for the money spent.
-- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/Received on Wed Apr 13 2005 - 16:45:50 CEST