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Re:3 Rules of Database App Aging by biohacker42 on Friday January 16, 2009 @12:28PM (#436889)
Interesting, if these DBs ever growing in complexity are just a representation of an organization's inner workings...

I wonder if you could use an organization's DB to predict when they'll be too big to function.

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Re:3 Rules of Database App Aging by DLWormwood on Friday January 16, 2009 @12:39PM (#436908)
> Interesting, if these DBs ever growing in complexity are just a representation of an organization's inner workings...

Isn't there a named law based on this?

EDIT: Yup. Found it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Law

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