Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekcrl!tekgvs!keithe From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Q: Easy (for non-programmers) and flexible PC-based DB ? Message-ID: <5200@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 21 May 89 21:22:52 GMT References: <575@gaigan.cs.utexas.edu> <8090023@hpsemc.HP.COM> Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 18 In article <8090023@hpsemc.HP.COM> gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) writes: >emery@cs.utexas.edu (Emery Berger) writes: > >>(2) fast queries, >>(3) a _real_ relational model, and > > > Aren't these two specifications mutually exclusive:-)? Universally Available Options: 1. FAST 2. CHEAP 3. CORRECT Pick any two (and feel fortunate if you get even one). kEITHe