Hans Forbrich wrote:
>
> "(Pete Cresswell)" wrote:
> >
> > I'm on the periphery of a rather large (to me, at least: $10 mil..) project in
> > which the tech folks flatly say "NO STORED PROCEDURES: NONE, NOT EVER!".
> >
> > There's got to be a reason, but I don't know enough to even guess at it.
> >
> > Somebody?
> > --
>
> They learned their trade (chose all that apply):
>
> a) back in Oracle v6 when triggers were new (and joins/views were bad)
> b) entirely from developing front end apps and have no idea what the
> database is capable of
> c) from Microsoft, and are all MSCEs, with one token OCP
> d) from someone who believed vendor lock-in was expensive
> e) from Archie Bunker (ie. pig-headed bigot)
> f) from their accountant who says 'get in low and we'll make up the
> difference in tuning'
> g) elsewhere and are trying to build an Oracle practise
>
> Possible responses:
>
> a) Myth.
> b) Sloppy thinking.
> c) Biased thinking.
> d) read Oracle Experrt One-on-One chapter 1
> e) why are they here?
> f) typical consultancy
> g) Ask for a fixed price quote.
>
> Basically, they are stating they do NOT want to take advantage of the
> capabilities of the system. (In effect saying - buy this car, but you
> can not use the builtin radio - you must use our extra stereo, probably
> with a specially trained stereo operator.) As a result, they are saying
> the database should be a commodity item and thay wish to duplicate, at
> your expense, the functionality it contains.
I've run across this attitude from several large 'respected'
consultancies. Usually they were attempting to maneouver a platform
switch.
Received on Thu Nov 20 2003 - 20:04:33 CST
