> I should add that the bond between relational databases and spinning rust goes back further.
It's certainly possible I failed to infer the point they were trying to make, but personally I would find it confusing for them to only mention one type of database (relational) and one time period (the 60s) if they actually meant a different type of database or a different time period in their central point of there being a relationship with, in their words, relational databases and spinning rust, in a specific time period other than what the article describes.
Without going out of my way to infer more intent than you're stating, it's not clear if you're actually saying that you're confident this is what the parent comment was intending or if you're just proposing it's one plausible explanation. I can think of a few other ones as well, and my point in asking was to try to understand which one they actually meant. If I were to go out on a limb and try to infer your actual intent though, it honestly seems like you're intentionally trying to come across as dismissive based on the presumption that I was intentionally trying to be difficult. Having to make this sort of judgment is exactly what I'm trying to avoid in the first place by asking clarifying questions though, so it's a bit jarring to be getting these types of terse responses from someone who wasn't the original commenter I was responding to that don't really help me understand the situation at all and only make me more confused about why someone would take the time to respond to what I said without really addressing my actual question.