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- From: schreiber@fzi.de (Hartmut Schreiber)
- Subject: Re: OODB Experiences/Opinions (Objectivity)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.085436.13400@fzi.de>
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- Sender: schreib@fzi.de (Hartmut Schreiber)
- Reply-To: schreiber@fzi.de
- Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
- References: <bem.713721261@stone.NSD.3Com.COM> <1992Aug14.191216.20576@slc.com> <1992Aug17.221704.17350@odi.com> <1992Aug20.073310.13832@objy.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 08:54:36 GMT
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- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.073310.13832@objy.com>
- Organization: Objectivity Inc.
- References: <bem.713721261@stone.NSD.3Com.COM> <1992Aug14.191216.20576@slc.com> <1992Aug17.221704.17350@odi.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 07:33:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug20.073310.13832@objy.com>drew@objy.com (Drew Wade) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug17.221704.17350@odi.com> dlw@odi.com writes:
- > >In article <1992Aug14.191216.20576@slc.com> marcs@slc.com (Marc San Soucie) writes:
- > >
- > > > Journal of Object Oriented Programming. June 92. pp 27-43.
- > >
- > > 3. It appears that not all of the products were evaluated with equal rigor.
- > > At least one of the evaluations appears to be based upon an evaluation copy
- > > of the product, which was available to the authorUs for a period of one
- > > month in early 1991. Evaluation of other products were based upon extensive
- > > use. What is often apparent after extensive use is often not apparent
- > > during a one month evaluation - for example usability, scalability and
- > > robustness.
- > >
- > >I'd like to go even farther than Jacob and Marc. From reading the
- > >article, I did not get the impression that the authors did a one month
- > >evaluation on each of the OODBMS's they describe. It strongly
- > >appeared to me that for most of the products, they simply read the
- > >manual. People reading the article should keep in mind the inherent
- > >limitations of an evaluation that's not based on actual use.
- > >
- >
- > I'll go yet farther...they didn't even read our manual! We weren't
- > in the report. Oh, well...
- >
- > -drew wade
- > objectivity, inc.
-
- Did you ever try to get Objectivity/DB manuals without actually purchasing
- the software?
-
- You won't get it! Oh, well...
-
- --
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- Hartmut (schreiber@fzi.de)
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