My basic point is that no one single thing can be classified as THE way to define a data/database engine. In very generic terms, anything that can process data to one degree or another - likely fits within the many definitions out there.

The fatal flaw in Gerry's argument was in basing his premise on the notion that ADO .NET is not a database or data engine.

< JVP >

>>>Goes to my point that saying ADO .NET is not a data/database engine is an EIF (Excercise in Futility).
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>Au contraire; insisting that "Age of Empires" is a data engine and demanding proof from people who prefer to think it is a game, could be considered to fit the definition of at least one psychiatric diagnosis.