Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!yes.rutgers.edu!emuleomo From: emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: SQL Message-ID: Date: 15 Aug 89 20:30:12 GMT References: <1598@unccvax.UUCP> <21@dgis.daitc.mil> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 24 cs00chs@unccvax.UUCP (charles spell) writes: >Remember, the end user cares only about the performance (raw speed) of >their applications. They could care less about power, portability, and >maintainablility of source. Disclaimer: this opinion assumes the users >do not get into development for themselves. jkrueger@dgis.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger) writes: >Users care about access, correctness, usefulness, cost, and >performance, in about that order. If you think otherwise, ask >yourself why most people don't buy high performance cars. Because they don't have the **MONEY**! I would love to drive a BMW 735i but I can only afford a Toyota.( not Lexus)! Besides, I think the order is correctness, performance/flashiness, cost etc.. This is from personal experience (from developing Foxbase/Ingres based applications!) --Emuleomo O.O. (emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu) -- ** Research is what I'm doing when I dont know what I'm doing! **