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From: jam@bunker.UUCP (James A. McFarland)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: MDBS Inc.'s MDBS III post-*relational* ??????
Summary: clarification, or who's who at mdbs
Keywords: Whinston, Holsapple, Bonczek
Message-ID: <4200@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 88 13:03:56 GMT
References: <BROMAN.88Oct5090037@schroeder.nosc.mil> <2477@rtech.rtech.com>
Reply-To: jam@bunker.UUCP (James A. McFarland)
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In article <2477@rtech.rtech.com> edg@squid.UUCP (Ed Goldman) writes:
>In article <BROMAN.88Oct5090037@schroeder.nosc.mil> broman@nosc.mil writes:
>>What reading?  All I know about this is in:
>>   Bonczek, Holsapple, and Whinston,
>>   Micro Database Management: practical techniques for application development,
>>   Academic Press (HBJ), 1984.
>> [stuff deleted] ...
>>They use MDBS III prominently
>>in the book and in an associated course, sounding almost commercial
>>in their promotion thereof.
>
>I believe Holsapple is/was the president of MDBS or the founder or something
>like that I can't remember exactly. 
>

Just to clear things up:

	Whinston was the founder of mdbs, Inc.  It was his idea,
	and with a few other people, he made it work.  He is not
	the current president of the company.

	Holsapple did much lecturing on their behalf, but I don't
	think he ever had a formal position with the company.

	Bonczek never held a postion with mdbs.


[[someone correct me if I'm wrong...]]
-jam
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