From owner-freebsd-database Tue Mar 31 09:03:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21609 for freebsd-database-outgoing; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:03:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sendero.simon-shapiro.org (sendero-fddi.Simon-Shapiro.ORG [206.190.148.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA21604 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:03:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shimon@simon-shapiro.org) Received: (qmail 21526 invoked from network); 31 Mar 1998 17:13:15 -0000 Received: from localhost.simon-shapiro.org (HELO sendero-fxp0.simon-shapiro.org) (@127.0.0.1) by localhost.simon-shapiro.org with SMTP; 31 Mar 1998 17:13:15 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-032398 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19980331174827.40133@iii.co.uk> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:13:15 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Organization: The Simon Shapiro Foundation From: Simon Shapiro To: nik@iii.co.uk Subject: Re: Mailing list search interface Cc: freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On 31-Mar-98 nik@iii.co.uk wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 08:39:41AM -0800, Simon Shapiro wrote: >> b. Personal Taste; Some people love Oracle, some hate it. > > I'm ambivalent about it. It is, however, what I get to use at work. Don't misunderstand me. It is a GOOD RDBMS. Sort of scary when you look at the source, but amazingly functional. >> I quite disagree with the design as you outlined it. It would have been >> OK >> for DBM or some such. I'll get back to you with my humble opinion, once >> I >> complete it. > > Great. It's appreciated. I'll be looking at it in the next few weeks. Too much going on right now. >> You were not outvoted, as there was no vote. > > Sorry, I should have been clearer. I meant I was outvoted at work. I've > had nothing to do with the design and implementation of FreeBSD's mailing > list archive search. And kudos to those who have. Do not feel bad. Happens to us all. Simon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message