From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2007-03-22T20:10:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Sci

From: Austin Ziegler [mailto:halostatue@gmail.com] :
# Well, it is (the ultimately starting point), although you may need a
# process to collect it in the first place. However, it is, as 
# you said, a  cyclical loop.

data is it.
data can be King (as you said) and can be a pauper.
data has been around even before we existed. The raw data fr stoneage is basically same as today

...but

the processing of data has 

1 made civilization, consider usa, europe, china, dubai, etc
2 made industrializaton, commerce, agri, you name it
3 made leisure, sports, arts, etc
4 made each one of us unique, consider AZiegler, Ara, YMatz, DBlack, etc..

data is _just_ data until one makes *use of it. So until someone makes use of it, it is still useless..  Isn't it the reason why there are rubyists all around? Is the ruby language data? ;)

kind regards -botp