Re: flagship sunk

Posted in 2006

DA Morgan — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:56:16 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Double Echo wrote: > Who do you think you are kidding? Is there a whole new class of > dumbshits out there that don't know what a database is? What is > the difference between a database and a data server? How dumb do > you think people are? Apparently she things brain-dead. Did you notice that "Christine Normile" posted "the official IBM word" using someone else's Yahoo account. Even my 83 year old mother has her own email account. I hope whoever it is is kidding because I read the post as insulting too. > Hee hee! Spatialtemporal? embeddability? Are these even words? > > You guys are getting good crack. I think the verbiage speaks for itself. Reminds me of the American phrase: "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit." -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)