Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:19:33 -0800 (PST) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jak@cetlink.net, opsys@mail.webspan.net, smp@csn.net, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, "John S.Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: 3.0-RELEASE? Message-ID: <XFMail.980303091933.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <199803031609.JAA29162@mt.sri.com>
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On 03-Mar-98 Nate Williams wrote: >> > ODI's ObjectStore is faster than Oracle, Sybase, or Informix. Much >> > faster. >> >> Does it support a true relational model? > > Not really. > >> Purely OO database engine is >> heirarchial in nature and better be faster than a relational. > > It depends. If you data is organized in such a manner that heirachial > (sp?) data access is faster, then it's a win. But, if you end up having > lots of 'built-in' relationships that aren't necessarily obvious or > setup apriori from the objects themselves, then it can be *much* slower. I think we both agree that the potential for speed is there. Only problem is that a relational model is so convinient for so man y problems... ---------- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG Voice: 503.799.2313 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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