Re: Uncle Larry, wake up!!!

Amen. In Miracle we'll do nicely in the years to come by being able to support VMS, PL/SQL (the COBOL of the databases - widely used, very efficient, not in vogue anymore for new projects), perhaps Oracle (if it goes the way we could fear), UNIX (which is certainly dead now - if you had any doubts before, it's obvious by now. It's over.), and other legacy products and systems. It might not be a growth area, but it will be around for many years.

There are so many good ideas out there from the various database vendors. The whole MySQL thing seems very smart (and will win over PostgreSQL of course, because the marketing is better). Microsoft's idea of allowing you to write stored procedures in .Net compliant languages (I wish Oracle would make PL/SQL .Net compliant - that would be very cool indeed) which makes it possible to get rid of that #€%" TransactSQL crap. Oracle's new-found emphasis on the right performance stuff in 10g.

But I wonder if databases will be something special at all in a few years time? Why not just do Google-things for selects and some not-yet-invented Google-DML on all sorts of data sources?

Microsoft will make SQL Server a part of the file system in 2005, I think. Then what? It's Linux and Windows and nothing else then.

Mogens

Melanie Caffrey wrote:

>This is true, Tom.
>
>Some technologies never die ...
>
>Personally, COBOL and CICS are not my favorite
>skillsets, *but* <knock wood> if it ever comes down to
>going back to coding in COBOL or being unemployed then
>....
>
>--- "Mercadante, Thomas F" <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
>wrote:
>
>
>>it's a quiet little secret in consultant-land right
>>now that the older
>>technologies are in play. as the older-folks
>>retire, there is a need for
>>cobol-based support. especially in NY state
>>agencies.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>Goulet, Dick scribbled on the wall in glitter
>>crayon:
>>
>>
>>
>>>OH, ANCIENT History!!
>>>
>>>
>>ummmm... do i admit to getting a job hit last week
>>because i know CICS?;-)
>>
>>it's still out there and still being used.
>>
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