From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id WAA23783; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 22:41:17 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA12294 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 22:41:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mz1.forethought.net (mzpi3.forethought.net [216.241.36.12]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h65KfEf01170 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 2003 22:41:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=swordfish) by mz1.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19YtqL-0006RT-P6 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:41:13 -0600 Received: from matt by swordfish with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19YtqO-0004WX-00 for ; Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:41:16 -0600 Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 14:41:16 -0600 From: Matt Gushee To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Subject: [OT] OODBs (was Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml Object-Oriented database?) Message-ID: <20030705204116.GA16492@swordfish> Reply-To: Matt Gushee Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr References: <200307051800.47353.lists@mjt.ch> <20030705122956.278d4349.seth@cql.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030705122956.278d4349.seth@cql.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; gushee:01 mgushee:01 havenrock:01 caml-list:01 englewood:01 manure:01 ignores:01 --lao:01 merel:01 ocaml:01 0700,:01 05,:01 wrote:03 explanations:04 jul:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 12:29:56PM -0700, Seth Kurtzberg wrote: > > I've done some work in this direction, although with an object-relational database, not an OODB. I'm convinced that the OODB concept is fatally flawed. I've heard this statement before, but most of the explanations I've heard amount to "been there, done that, didn't work." What is wrong with OODBs, in your opinion? -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee@havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners