greatest wisdom book

Chapter 18 The Greatest Discovery 6
Good luck in life is predictable
Knowing how to reason was once considered the pinnacle of all arts.But now light reasoning is not enough, we must also have the ability to see foresight, especially for things we are easily deceived.You can only become wise if you learn to see the small things.

It is definitely not a simple matter to see the small things and know the works. It requires people to have sufficient experience and super judgment ability.Some people are born cautious and have good judgment, which is a kind of innate wisdom, and accurate judgment is his wings, which save him energy to walk on the stumbling road.As men grow in age and experience, their intellect reaches full maturity, and at this time judgment becomes more accurate, and helps man to accomplish more.Not only that, but having the ability to see the subtleties can also help people avoid the most important ones or foresee upcoming things for themselves, so that they can make various coping strategies.

In June 1970, Edgar Frank Coulter, a researcher of IBM, published a paper entitled "Relational Model of Large Shared Database Data", which was later recognized as an important turning point in the history of database development.Before this, the database structure usually adopts a hierarchical structure, and people must find the information they want according to the level of the database.This kind of hierarchical database is very complicated to operate, time-consuming and not intuitive.Coulter's relational database theory proposes that all information and the relationship between information can be obtained by entering a single command, which will make information query very simple and fast.

According to Coulter's relational database theory, people can find the inner connection from each piece of data.If this technology is applied, it will provide convenient working conditions for many companies.For example, in a supermarket, the staff can easily find out which products are best-selling, which product has the best sales volume, and how the product sales rank.Cotter's paper encouraged people to develop and design the most functional relational database, and triggered a series of subsequent research results in database theory.Among them, IBM's R system design in 1976 is the most eye-catching.

In 1976, IBM researcher Coulter published another research result on relational database "R System: Database Relational Theory", which introduced relational database theory and query language SQL.By chance, Oracle CEO Ellison (who was still a company technician at the time) saw this research article. After reading it carefully, he believed that this was the first time someone had proposed such a comprehensive and detailed solution management data model.Although relational database theory was considered to have no commercial value at the time, because it seemed too slow to meet the needs of processing large-scale data or accessing data by a large number of users, it has great potential value.

IBM launched the R system project in 1973 to study the practical feasibility of relational databases, but it has not launched such products for a long time. The main reason is that IBM's IMS (the famous hierarchical database) market was very good at that time, and many Everyone is using this software.If a relational database is launched at this time, it will affect the sales of IMS.Therefore, IBM temporarily shelved the development of relational databases.

After reading Coulter's research results, Ellison firmly told his companions: "We can do this, and we will make a lot of money because of it!" The commercial software system has a broad market prospect. Most of IBM's researchers are academics, so they are most interested in theory rather than the market.From an academic point of view, research results should be public, publishing papers and speeches can make them famous.But Ellison is just the opposite. Although he thinks this technology is very advanced, there is no need to continue to study this theory. He needs to be ahead of all relational database researchers and take the lead in turning this research result into a product. and then to the market.

Since the 20s, many jobs in American civil aviation, theaters, banks, shopping malls, supermarkets and other industries have been completed by computers.The wide application of database technology has turned many industries into what we see today, and only need to scan the barcode to complete the data record. IBM thinks that the hierarchical database is enough to meet these needs, but it is a bit cumbersome to query the data of things, so IBM has not made any effort to develop relational database products.

But Ellison foresighted to see the strong market prospects of relational databases, and dared to challenge IBM.He has repeatedly expressed his prophetic views in public: "Commercial relational databases have powerful functions and broad development prospects. Sooner or later, they will replace hierarchical databases and become mainstream products in the market. With the rapid development of technology, the problem of computer speed It will always be resolved, and I believe that whoever captures the relational database market first will be the future leader of the computer industry.” Since Ellison was only a small technologist, no one paid much attention to his prediction , in the eyes of others, his point of view is simply "weird theory", and no one is willing to invest.However, Ellison firmly believes that relational databases have broad prospects for development.

In this way, Big Blue IBM gave up this product that was later worth tens of billions, allowing Ellison to pick up a big bargain.Ellison once said very proudly: "IBM published the R system paper, but did not launch a relational database product soon. Their mistake has made me." It was not until 1985 that IBM launched the relational database product DB2. At that time, Ellison had already become a multi-millionaire relying on relational databases, proud of the market.

A little thesis makes a billionaire.Relying on its predictive advantages, Ellison discovered the advantages of relational database governance earlier and developed it first.Without this kind of foresight and the ability to see the subtleties, I believe we would not be able to see such a brilliant him now.What he sees from one point is a comprehensive future, and his foresight has achieved his brilliance, which is the best explanation for seeing the small things.

Not everyone has the ability to see the small things, and it takes a long time to cultivate.Only people with rich social experience or natural intelligence can have this kind of judgment and reasoning ability.It allows you to predict the development trend of things in advance and help you make better countermeasures.A person who can see the details, if he goes to the sea, he is not the captain who presides over the voyage plan, but he will definitely become the master of the helmsman.Under his leadership, people were able to prevent disasters and foresee good fortune.

Possessing the ability to judge in small details is the cornerstone of wisdom for smooth sailing in life. Without it, it is like a general without armor, exposing his body to the enemy, and the result is being slaughtered.A person should have two talents in his life: the talent to choose and the talent to make the best choice.This is the ability to see the small things.There are many people who are very wise, have good judgment, are diligent and well-informed, and yet often lose the battle when it comes to choice.Knowing how to choose and make the best choices is one of the greatest talents that God has given to human beings.

Cultivating the ability to see things in detail is to carefully observe the big and small matters of life and do things carefully.Prudence can continuously improve people's ability to reason and judge, and foresee good luck and bad luck.

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