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Re: RELAX to ISO

• From: Bob Kline <bkline@r...>
• To: Jonathan Borden <jborden@m...>
• Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:53:27 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Jonathan Borden wrote:

> > Business rules as an artificial category.  Why artificial?  
> 
> Why "business"? Are non profit organizations allowed to use them?

"Commercial or mercantile activity" is only one of the many meanings of
the word of "business."  More fundamental definitions include "role or
function"; "an immediate task or objective"; "mission"; and "a
particular field of endeavor."  It has become commonplace for vendors
and designers alike to use the phrase "business rules" to mean the
processing logic specific to a given enterprise's operations, often in
the context of customizations of an off-the-shelf product (such as a
DBMS) for the enterprise, regardless of whether the enterprise is
commercial, government, or some other type of organization.

Or were you just trolling? :->}

-- 
Bob Kline
    "What business you in, boy?"
       -- Mr. Rose, in John Irving's Cider House Rules

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