Contains opinion papers on important issues in database. Even though Relational Systems dominate the database landscape, the Relational Model is under attack from within. The Relational Model suffers from poor implementations. The products from major Relational DBMS vendors are proprietary, contain wellknown bugs and are weak in Relational Functionality. Standards, including ODBC, are held hostage by large vendors with their own predatory agenda. The Relational Model and Open Standards are pawns in the competitive battles between the giants.The users of database systems are the ones shortchanged by the inadequacies of these systems. The computer press is concerned with bells & whistles and with topselling products, ignoring the real issues of usability, compatibility and functionality. This forum will try to shed some light on these areas.

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