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From: emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: SQL
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Date: 15 Aug 89 20:30:12 GMT
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cs00chs@unccvax.UUCP (charles spell) writes:

>Remember, the end user cares only about the performance (raw speed) of
>their applications. They could care less about power, portability, and
>maintainablility of source.  Disclaimer: this opinion assumes the users
>do not get into development for themselves.

jkrueger@dgis.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger) writes:

>Users care about access, correctness, usefulness, cost, and
>performance, in about that order.  If you think otherwise, ask
>yourself why most people don't buy high performance cars.

Because they don't have the **MONEY**!

I would love to drive a BMW 735i but I can only afford a Toyota.( not Lexus)!

Besides, I think the order is correctness, performance/flashiness, cost etc..
This is from personal experience (from developing Foxbase/Ingres based applications!)


--Emuleomo O.O. (emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu)
-- 
** Research is what I'm doing when I dont know what I'm doing! **