July 1994 / Letters

Strong Feelings about Componentware	Congratulations on being one of the first magazines to publish some straight scoop on OOP (object-oriented programming) in the May cover story called "Componentware.
Presenting...The Carnation Award!	Jerry Pournelle has the market on orchids cornered, so I suppose I will have to settle for awarding a carnation to BYTE for the Honorable Mentions and Dubious Achievements page that has been appearing in the Lab Reports lately.
An Unfair Comparison?	I don't know much about database software or database servers, so to broaden my knowledge, I read articles such as "Justifying NT" (April).
Helping Physicians On-Board	Scott Wallace did a fine job describing some of the problems and benefits of a computerized patient record system (May).
BYTE Helping Out in the Workplace	Your article on object-oriented databases (April) clarified a misconception that I learned about only two days previously in a meeting discussing an IT (information technology) project.
Compliments to the Staff	I want to express my gratitude to you for your well-known and interesting magazine.
SPECint92 Projections for PA-RISC	Your article "Intel Pushes the 80x86 Envelope" (April News & Views) included a chart on the SPECint92 projections for enterprise workstation CPUs.
Cultural Faux Pas	I was surprised to see the illustration accompanying your State of the Art article on relat ional databases and data manipulation ("The Great Debate," April).
No Substitute for Intelligence	Jerry Pournelle's column is the main reason I continue to subscribe to BYTE.

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