From: kennedy-downwithspammersfamily@attbi.net   
      
   "Laconic2"  wrote in message   
   news:upmdneHoYOhkYRHd4p2dnA@comcast.com...   
   > I'm proposing a new newsgroup, to be called "comp.databases.design".   
   >   
   > The purpose would be to collect in one place discussions concerning how to   
   > design a database that are common to Oracle,  DB2, SQL Server, Sybase,   
   and   
   > dozens of other DBMS products that are generally called relational.   
   >   
   > There are a lot of issues of how to compose the data into columns, tables   
   > and schemas,  or how to use foreign keys,  or how to set up indexes  that   
   > are not product specific.   
   >   
   > By providing a place whose name suggests this topic,  it might reduce the   
   > amount of cross posting that people with design questions commonly  engage   
   > in.   It might also provide a forum for some lively discussion.   
   >   
   > What do you think?   
   Isn't comp.databases for that?  Or I think there is one on database theory.   
   Jim   
      
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