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Re: [xml-dev] XML Database Decision Tree?
- From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@softwareag.com>
- To: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>,XML Everywhere <host@xmleverywhere.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 11:21:03 -0400
At 09:16 AM 10/20/2001 +0200, Eric van der Vlist wrote:
>To them, the vendors of hierarchical databases were so well established
>that there was no way this could ever change. As you know, at this point,
>it took only a couple of years to wipe hierarchical databases out.
Actually, there is still a LOT of data in hierarchical databases, and some
new development. Nothing that works well is ever wiped out. I envision a
world with both relational and native XML databases - together with
hierarchical ones.
Jonathan