timos@ucbvax.ARPA (Timos Sellis) (07/23/85)
The area of Data Base Management Systems has evolved from a
small discipline to a source of many interesting problems
both from the theoretical and the practical point of view.
Initially DBMS were thought primarily useful for business
data processing. Recently, efforts are made for using data
base management systems to support engineering environments
(CAD/VLSI), artificial intelligence applications (knowledge
base management , production systems) and a number of other
applications using non-conventional types of data (geogra-
phic, text, etc). Also, there are numerous conferences and
workshops held on DBMS every year, with large participation
and a lot of success.
Currently issues on DBMS are discussed in various news
groups (e.g. net.ai , net.lang.prolog) not allowing pe-
ople interested in the area to have a central source of
information or subjects for discussion. Questions on com-
mercial DBMS appear even in net.wanted and net.general.
I would like to request the creation of a new news group
(net.db) that will solve the above problem. If you agree,
please send me mail to the address shown below and I will
try to forward this request to the proper person.
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Timos Sellis
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