An intelligent system does not have to be inflexible. And "throwing"
features at a product does not make it intelligent...

Seems like Jim is saying he wants InterBase to be software that solves the
problems at hand rather than creates jobs for DBAs.

rob

----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Wharton <jwharton@...>
To: <IB-Architect@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Interbase Culture and Open Source


> From: "Jason Wharton" <jwharton@...>
>
> >> What I'm trying to do is establish a cultural mindset for Interbase
> >> development, soon to be a world wide effort, that easy to use means
> >> intelligence in the system, not thousands of individual features.
>
> While I totally agree with the premise, I'm glad you said thousands
because
> this still leaves enough room to approach a realistic solution.
>
> Unless the "thinking" that is done on my behalf is flawless I had better
be
> able to get in somewhere and override that "thinking". I can think of a
few
> cases in the Arizona State Capitol where InterBase would have been tossed
> out the door and replaced by Oracle (we have the budget to do it) but
> because I've been able to get InterBase to do everything we need (so far)
> that hasn't happened. I wouldn't have been able to without some overrides.
>
> I think InterBase should maintain a focus on being a near maintenance free
> solution but I don't think we should assume too many things, including
that
> DBA's and such are too stupid to get in and tinker with a few options if
> necessary.
>
> Fortunately we will have the source so I suppose I can always get in under
> the hood at that level if I needed to. I'd sure rather not have to
though...
>
> FWIW,
> Jason Wharton
> InterBase Developer Initiative
> jwharton@...
>
> InterBase will be the database of the new millennium.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Schuff <robertsc@...>
> To: IB-Architect@onelist.com <IB-Architect@onelist.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Interbase Culture and Open Source
>
>
> >From: "Rob Schuff" <robertsc@...>
> >
> >
> >
> >Rob
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Jim Starkey <jas@...>
> >To: <IB-Architect@onelist.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:31 AM
> >Subject: [IB-Architect] Interbase Culture and Open Source
> >
> ><<SNIP>>
> >
> >
> >>
> >
> ><<SNIP>>
> >
> >>
> >> Jim Starkey
> >>
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