[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I responded in a positive tone to the author with examples of how his > assertions are undermined by simple understanding of the processes involved - > primarily separating selection from display in one's mindset.
I've also replied - with a condensed version of my usual stuff about Codd & Date's rules being a useless foundation for building a decent theory on. Rather than likening those rules to Newton, I decided it was better to liken them to Galileo. Galileo said "the planets CIRCLE the sun", which was badly wrong. We view him much more favourably, in part because he had the right idea, and in part because we confuse the words "circle" and "orbit" such that what we hear is very much *not* what he said. I'm hoping he might respond to me, in which case I'll point him to rather more stuff. In particular, my page on PickWiki, but I don't want to risk that reference getting published! Cheers, Wol ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
