Re: RDBMSs timeline poster

Op maandag 14 oktober 2013 23:57:47 UTC+2 schreef Jan Hidders:
> On 2013-10-14 21:30:42 +0000, Erwin said:
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> > On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 5:25:59 AM UTC+2, paul c wrote:
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> >> Simon Fraser
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> >> University had one copy of TTM 3rd Edition which looked like it had
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> >> never been opened. University of British Columbia didn't even have one
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> >> copy! If other universities are similar it's clear that they are also
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> >> way behind the important curve.
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> > People inside academia might be inclined to conclude that TTM is
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> > academically unimportant.
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> > Which is, admittedly, a logically equally plausible explanation.
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> How about we directly ask those in academia about this?
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> Not that this matters much. The presence of physical books at
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> -- Jan Hidders

There is at least one person "directly involved in academia" who has already provided the answer to this question, in other posts, so I needn't even ask. Received on Tue Oct 15 2013 - 00:23:45 CEST