Response below -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hanwell, David Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] MV Fad
Yes, but Dawn, fads change. --yes, you will note that I did say in my P.S. that I'm looking for more than a fad For example, I'm sure that you know that the fad among twentysomething female professionals used to be to wear pink or baby blue Nike jogging shoes to work and to carry their work shoes. Now when those women get off of a commuter train in Center City it looks like there's a morticians convention in town. They are all dressed in black business suits, hair tied back in a bun, and walking on ugly, clunky black Amish granny shoes. --hey, I resemble that remark! I can even feel the next fad coming, for suddenly stiletto shoes have made an appearance. I was walking up the stairs at Suburban Station, just fascinated by the twentysomething woman just in front of me who had: * a huge purse slung over her right shoulder, --laptop? * a smaller purse in the crook of her right elbow, * the obligatory Starbucks travel mug in her right hand, and * a cell phone on which she was conversing in her left hand, all the while wobbling up the steps on thin 5" stiletto heels. --unfathomable! It was a truly amazing athletic performance! ;-) Now, do we really want to be a fad? --Again, see my P.S. but I STILL think it is cool if someone thinks we are a fad and that relational fad has had a good run of it ;-) --dawn "Behold I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds." - Vishnu, in the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. David Hanwell -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn M. Wolthuis Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:44 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [U2] MV Fad I'm just smilin' big and decided to pass this along in case it brings a smile to your face too. Others in the "PICK world" or MV arena have been chatting on comp.databases.theory for much longer than I have (Wol introduced me to it). But I've been on there for some months now, addressing the question of why we teach relational theory as if it were "truth" and yet non-1NF databases seem to yield greater flexibility and productivity when used in businesses. I've been asking a lot of questions and have learned quite a bit. I also invited others on comp.databases.pick to pipe up on a particular posting, and several folks (most of them likely on this list too - thanks!) piped up. And then today ... Someone chimed in about the "MV Fad". So, there you have it -- you are not working with an outdated database, using an outdated data model -- now it's a fad! There are dollars in fads -- perhaps it's time to update our resumes. Smiles. --dawn P.S.-I would like to see non-relational data models (tree structures & di-graphs in particular) really become more than "a fad" (the next thing after strict RELATIONAL) because they work well and should have more industry resources angled their way. So, there is more work to do. Dawn M. Wolthuis Tincat Group, Inc. www.tincat-group.com Take and give some delight today. ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ____________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and also may be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, or have otherwise received this communication in error, please delete it from your inbox, notify the sender immediately, and do not disclose its contents to any other person, use them for any purpose, or store or copy them in any medium. Thank you for your cooperation. ____________________________________________________________ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
