Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!warpdrive!stewartw
From: stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Source Code Control
Message-ID: <6710@warpdrive.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 89 17:55:49 GMT
References: <5225@mtgzz.att.com> <39400049@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <39400049@m.cs.uiuc.edu> render@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>Written  1:15 pm  Jul 20, 1989 by stewartw@warpdrive.UUCP:
>>exactly what object databases are meant for.  Unfortunately, we are all
>>waiting for someone to write a usable ODB.  Given the amount of effort
>>by companies like IBM and HP, they can't be too far away.

>I'm sure IBM and HP appreciate your support, but I think it quite possible
>that the big breakthrough in OODBMS work will come elsewhere.  There are 

   Well, the breakthrough could come from anywhere, but the standards
will certainly come from someone bigger.  Whether I like it or not, the
only standards worth supporting in a business product are those endorsed
by an IBM or HP-SUN-etc group.  Bucking the trend set by such a group
doesn't work and hoping that some small companies system will become
a standard without the support of the large hardware vendors doesn't
happen. 
   And we do need a standard for ODBs so that all the third party systems
out there can access and manage the objects in these databases.  I can't
see coding an access layer for each and every different ODB in the
marketplace.  So you may not believe that IBM et al will lead the way,
but they certainly make the path viable.

  Stewart

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