From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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To: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: dbus and GNOME 2.8 |
Date: | 2004-04-07 19:29:26 |
Message-ID: | 200404072029.26813.dev@archonet.com |
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On Wednesday 07 April 2004 18:19, Christopher Browne wrote:
> The world rejoiced as amadorm(at)usm(dot)edu(dot)ec ("Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)") wrote:
> > Database files, once they corrupt, you lose ALL data. Text files, once
> > they are corrupt, cause you to lose only those settings.
>
> Unless, of course, they are in XML form, in which case, if they are
> corrupted, you lose everything because they can no longer be
> validated.
Unless you're using one of my hacked-together Perl scripts of course, in which
case you un-xml the file and then process it as text. And people say I don't
know how to adapt to new technologies ;-)
On a serious note, the Gnome discussion that leaked over here seemed to be
generating a lot of heat without much light. It seems unlikely that one size
will fit all when "all" runs from a palmtop through to an application server
supporting dozens of thin clients.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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