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From: roger@esquire.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Normalized Databases
Message-ID: <66@esquire.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Apr-87 11:57:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  1 11:57:14 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Apr-87 10:27:43 EST
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Reply-To: roger@esquire.UUCP (Roger Reid)
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Keywords: normal form, relational


     Since you seem to be discussing an application which already
is up and running, why "improve" it?  It apparently does
what you need it to do, in a manner not inconsistant with
your resources. I'm thinking of one of our applications
which took about 8 man-years to bring up. We will not make
changes in the database scheme, period.  Simply because we
do not care to have to go hack everything to reflect the new scheme.
Rule 1: IF IT AINT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
Rule 2: Academic excercizes are for academics.

					     Roger Reid
					     cmcl2!esquire!roger