XPost: comp.databases.rdb, comp.databases.revelation, comp.databases.object   
   From: bbadour@golden.net   
      
   "Corey Brown" wrote in message   
   news:i6KBb.11541$4t2.8346@bignews4.bellsouth.net...   
   >   
   > "Alfredo Novoa" wrote in message   
   > news:e4330f45.0312100321.119aa1c0@posting.google.com...   
   > > "Corey Brown" wrote in message   
   > news:<8FlBb.6497   
   > >   
   > > > > > Relational databases use keys. Object databases use some sort of   
   > > > > > pointer to physical storage location.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > That's all.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Is this a nonsense competition?   
   > > >   
   > > > Alfredo, why don't you explain to us why you think this answer is   
   > > > nonsense.   
   > >   
   > > Because it is evident for anybody with a grasp on data management.   
   >   
   > This is exactly the type of answer that I would expect from somebody   
   > like Bob B. Why must you guys always answer direct questions with   
   > inappropriate remarks like this. If you have the knowledge and the   
   > ability to express that knowledge to others, why don't you take a   
   > few minutes out to lay down some cold hard facts, instead of just   
   > telling us to go educate ourselves? Why can't you step up to the   
   > role of teacher and start explaining why you "think" one technology   
   > is better than another?   
      
   With all due respect, neither I nor Alfredo owe you or anyone else an   
   elementary education in the fundamentals of your practice. You, on the other   
   hand, have a responsibility to educate yourself in those fundamentals.   
      
      
   > > > I am also pretty sure   
   > > > that ODBM   
   > > > systems do use direct pointers to relate objects together.   
   > >   
   > > And I am pretty sure that SQL DBMSes use pointers internally.   
   >   
   > So your point about network databases being obsolete and discredited   
   > doesn't count here? If using internal pointers is so foul, why doesn't   
   > it   
   > apply to your last statement?   
      
   Your remarks betray ignorance of data management fundamentals and a profound   
   confusion between the logical and the physical. A physical pointer is   
   perfectly appropriate at the physical level provided no user ever interacts   
   with it directly at the logical level.   
      
      
      
   > I know, I know go educate yourself.   
      
   In your case: Very sound advice.   
      
      
   > > > Yes object databases are relatives of "Network Model" databases,   
   > but   
   > > > so what!   
   > >   
   > > So they are based in a primitive obsolete and discredited approach.   
   > > That's all.   
   >   
   > So what! There are many many examples of technologies that have   
   > been eclipsed by better designs.   
      
   ODBMS is not a new design and has eclipsed nothing. Only an ignoramus such   
   as yourself could fail to recognize those facts.   
      
      
   > > > There are certain types of applications that can benefit from   
   > > > the   
   > > > use of object database systems.   
   > >   
   > > Perhaps in very special circumstances when the flaws of the current   
   > > SQL DBMSes are more important than the network model inherent flaws,   
   > > and the flaws of the concrete OODBMS implementations.   
   >   
   > I don't think the circumstances are all that special.   
      
   Since you base your conclusions on ignorance, I fail to see why anyone   
   should care what you think.   
      
      
   > > But you need a good knowledge on the fundamental to decide when to use   
   > > one tool or other appropiately, and the kind of nonsenses we can read   
   > > here don't help.   
   >   
   > Please see my comment above. It doesn't do anybody any good if you're   
   > just going to keep telling people how "misinformed" they are. Step up   
   to   
   > the plate and start transfering your knowledge to the people in the   
   > trenches.   
      
   Fuck you, you lazy, ignorant freeloader. I paid for my education. Go pay for   
   your own.   
      
   [remainder of demanding, ignorant nonsense snipped]   
      
   plonk   
      
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