relational-model-critique

Chris Date reflects on his longstanding friendship and technical debates with William Kent, expressing appreciation for Kent's book 'Data and Reality' despite some disagreements, particularly regarding the relational model. Date highlights the book's philosophical stance that reality is inherently amorphous and contradictory, and praises it as a valuable compendium of real-world database problems. He welcomes the republication of the book, hoping it gains new readers and honors Kent's legacy.