Re: newbie-desc command

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> On Wed, 21 May 2003 00:23:21 +0530, Me <me_at_privacy.net> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 20 May 2003 10:42:04 -0700, Daniel Morgan wrote:
> >:<snip>
> >
> >They (and even the syllabus) tend to focus more on the theory and ER
> >diagrams etc. and less on actually implementing it in a real language
> >such as SQL.
> >Are they right, in a way?
> >
> >In your opinion what needs more focus? :)
> >
> >Thanks a lot.
>
> I'm positive we don't need more GUI-trained monkeys who don't know
> anything about relational theory, before they start designing their
> first production app. (I'm NOT joking, most of the database I
> administer run applications designed by people who have only been
> exposed to a 'point and shoot' training)
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
>
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And, most likely, their aim was really really bad.

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