[RBG7-L] - Re: ZDNet Blogs: Gartner to DBAs, BI vendors: Time to reinvent yourselves

[Bernard Lis]

If someone buys that can of soup and the rfid tag goes with it, then the only thing they can scan is what's left. In order to know if any were sold (in order to reorder) then there must exist somewhere (perhaps in a RDBMS) the original amount ordered. Therefore if one performs the mathematical operation called subtraction, then one can tell how many to reorder. Conclusion, we still need the RDBMS in order to know what to subtract from. And without the history of sales, how would anyone know the pattern of customer purchases?  Are purchases of this item increasing, decreasing, staying level. Therefore I vote for the continuation of the RDBMS's and their devoted programmers.   Bernie Lis ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Sowers To: RBG7-L Mailing List Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 2:55 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - ZDNet Blogs: Gartner to DBAs, BI vendors: Time to reinvent yourselves I thought this might be of interest to the group.  According to these guys relational databases as we know them will soon be a thing of the past.  It appears that their vision is a little bit narrow.  Interesting read though. Joe http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2049