Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bu-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!bu-cs!sciore From: sciore@bu-cs.UUCP (E Sciore) Newsgroups: net.database Subject: a word to the wise Message-ID: <578@bu-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 10:23:53 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.578 Posted: Thu Aug 15 10:23:53 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:32:59 EDT Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 7 Has anybody ever noticed that all the letters of the word "database" are typed with the left hand? Now the layout of the typewriter keyboard was designed to facilitate the even use of both hands. It follows, therefore, that writing about databases is not only unnatural, but a lot harder than it appears. Edward Sciore Computer Science, BU