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Why are relation databases more common than object-oriented databases?
If the Object Oriented Programming paradigm is so widespread, shouldn't we see lots of OODBMS? Wouldn't they perform better than the RDBMS+OR/M?
Started by Bruno Reis on
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If they were....
In a word Interoperability (big word on a Friday night <G> )
Most businesses have to work with legacy systems running on RDBMS .
Relational databases are extremely ingrained.
I think it is a case of
If it ain't broke don't change it .
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The question is simple: how widespread is Vista in corporate environments. It seems more companies and end users I see are using XP. Are there many companies out there that have adopted Vista enterprise wide? Are they the minority?
On a similar thread...
Started by Brett G on
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by 5 people.
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It seems more companies and end.
The question is simple: how widespread is Vista in corporate environments.
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How widespread is the problem of dead pixels or hot pixels these days?
Has the problem become worse with larger monitors and resolutions or become better with better build quality?
Do any hardware manifactures handle this problem especially well?
Are ...
Started by Grumbel on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Not very common at all, I haven't seen one in the last 3 or 4 years on 100+ screens
Not gone... .
Dead pixels aren't very common.
I've not seen a dead pixel in ages! I work in a office with nearly 30 dell monitors - no one I complaining of Dead Pixels.. .
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I'm currently developing a pretty big project, and I'm considering open source databases to use.
One of the main factors I consider is support, and it seems like there is not much support/community for PostgreSQL compared to MySQL, even though MySQL seems...
Started by Orentet on
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by 15 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
To answer the title question, all in all, Postgres is not as widespread as MySQL.
To restore the database.
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My program is reading a text file containing various lines of text for a settings file. Some of the lines could get very large. Currently the buffer size is 4096 chars. It is possible that some lines could exceed this, whether through maliciousness or...
Started by James Morris on
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by 4 people.
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A more up to date library, with a bunch of other benefits, is glib , it has a key-value... .
It is quite old and not exactly undergoing frantic development, but if it already works for your problem, that should be fine .
Look into libini , sounds about right.
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Here's the Question: What is the best way to make sure that your requirement for Flash Version "x" on a site will properly detect presence of later-version Adobe Flash Player Version "10" (or "1y" for that matter)?
Now here's the mystery: Why are so many...
Started by orcmid on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Personally I use swfObject to embed flash.
Versions), which is the reason it's so widespread.
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Sun's " Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language " was last updated April 1999. Ten years later a lot has changed in the language, as well as general usage patterns. Are there more up to date, widely adopted standards?
Most guidelines omit specifying...
Started by brianegge on
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by 9 people.
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) ( alt link ) which seems up to date and comprehensive, though I'm not sure how widespread.
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If you think there is, do you see it as a real problem affecting organizations? If the answer to both question is yes:
What are the root causes? Is the problem not just a lack of knowledge but obliviousness as well? Who has the ability to effectively ...
Started by Andrew from NZSG on
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by 8 people.
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So yes, there is a "widespread.
Or new middleware architectures that need designing and building.
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I suppose this question is a variation on a theme , but different.
Torrents will never replace HTTP, or even FTP download options. This said, why aren't there torrent links next to those options on more websites?
I'm imagining a web-system whereby downloaded...
Started by Matthew Scharley on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow):
Perhaps its the ubiquity of http.
Until it is, you won't see widespread use of it.
Into browsers.
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I want to know what you think could make Erlang a "popular" and widely used language. For example, could it be more libraries, better IDE, a killer app, a five minute install, more grassroots community, a scalable RDBMS, etc...?
Started by Brandon on
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by 13 people.
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Is, Why would we want Erlang to be more ubiquitous?
Seriously, its not going to get widespread adoption to make yet-another-good-thing widespread to be, well, muppets who should be ignored.
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