At 11:03 AM -0400 5/12/02, Mike Champion wrote:
>their careers and affiliations, it looks to me like the stated goal
>is the real orientation -- a unification of RDBMS, OO, and XML querying
>approaches. As best I recall, the criticism from RDBMS folks has been
>that it's too XML-centric.
>
Where exactly does it state that? I must say that if that is indeed
the goal, then it is doomed to failure. RDBMS, OO, and XML are three
very different models and I don't think you can usefully combine
them. Yes, you can sort of force them to fit with all sorts of nasty
hacks; but it's really a case of pounding square pegs into round
holes. The results won't be pretty or strong.
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