a presentation by W H Inmon

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a presentation by W H Inmon
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if performance is measured by minutes and hours,
is performance really important to the DSS user?
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10 minute turnaround
12 hour turnaround
what difference does performance make here?
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10 minute turnaround
I can be - - experimental - creative -
iterative I can afford to - - try different
things - be wrong - follow my intuition
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12 hour turnaround
I - - have to get it right the first time -
cant take chances - do not have the luxury of
being able to be wrong - cant follow my
intuition - cannot try experiments
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performance - DSS performance - has a
great impact on the effectiveness and the
productivity of the end user community