From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2004-10-31T04:17:59+09:00
Subject: Re: "Business" objects?

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craig duncan (duncan@nycap.rr.com) wrote:

> Quoted from ... ruby/gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-1.0.0/rdoc/index.html:
>=20
> > Active Record ? Object-relation mapping put on rails
> >
> > Active Record connects business objects and database tables . . .
> ^^^^^^
>=20
> Why does it connect "business" objects? Does this mean it wouldn't be=20
> able to connect "non-commercial" or "NGO" objects? What about artistic=20
> objects? Would activerecord be completely useless for a database=20
> containing info on my personal CD collection?
>=20
> Please enlighten me as to how something so technologically (not to=20
> mention ideologically) limiting worked its way into the fundamental=20
> design of this library.

"Buisiness Objects" don't refer to licensing, but to doing or modeling
the buisiness of the application.  You'll see them across all kinds of
solutions in this domain, both free and not.

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