[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[David Froble]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <k15u6t$473$1 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> After discussing the issue for a while, and forcing myself to look at it 
>> in detail, I'd object with the claim that RMS is part of the file system.
> 
>    The XQP, or ACP, deals with the external views of files in the file
>    system.  In implementing the ODS Files-11 structure it tracks
>    physical locations, ownership, protections, ...
> 
>    RMS deals the the internal views of files in the file system.  It
>    tracks records, indices, byte streams, and the aspects of meta data 
>    vs. user data.
> 
>    Having a Files-11 ODS without RMS is like viewing all files as a
>    stream of blocks.
> 

Well, yeah, that's my point.

The file system presents the files, "stream of blocks", if you like that 
description, but I don't, to whatever needs the files.

A database system presents the data to the user / programmer.  RMS is 
just another database.  It's far from the only one.  It's just the one 
that comes bundled with VMS.