Re: RDBMSs timeline poster

Op dinsdag 15 oktober 2013 01:37:29 UTC+2 schreef Jan Hidders:
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> > Op maandag 14 oktober 2013 23:57:47 UTC+2 schreef Jan Hidders:
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> >> 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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> >>>> copy! If other universities are similar it's clear that they are also
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> >>> People inside academia might be inclined to conclude that TTM is
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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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> >> university libraries is becoming rapidly less relevant.
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> >> -- Jan Hidders
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> > BTW I saw a post in which you very much associated yourself with our
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> > friend Derek, or at least associated much of your positions and views
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> > with the positions and views of said friend. But that post seems to have
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> > disappeared very rapidly again (before I had the chance to reply to said post).
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> > Did you have second thoughts and regret publishing a post before having
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> I don't recall deleting a posting recently. Perhaps you mean the one where
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> "Derek, you and I probably share many points of view and are probably
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> fighting the same fight debunking dbdebunk, but I'm not cool with your
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> aggressive wording and think it is counterproductive."
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> As far as I can tell that's still available on Google Groups, and I still
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> stand by that statement. So feel free to react to it or ask for
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> clarification. If you know my posting history in this group it cannot be a
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> big surprise that I do not have much love for dbdebunk. I consider it a big
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> threat tot a field I dearly love.
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> -- Jan Hidders
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> Jan Hidders

Yes that was the one.

I'm curious to know which exactly are those "many points of view" you [think you] share with Derek. That's all. Received on Tue Oct 15 2013 - 11:20:42 CEST