Re: broad discussion about future market direction for DBA

Johnsog123_at_hotmail.com (grjohnson) wrote in message news:<32b8a689.0211241546.59ec5418_at_posting.google.com>...
> Fine, Fine I'm not going to try to debate this issue with people. All
> I can say is that I've been implementing this type of functionality
> for the last year in systems in Australia's largest Telecommunications
> Company.

Oh, Telstra. Under the IBM GSA umbrella. Why am I not surprised they are looking at this? After all IBM doesn't even have a vested interest in selling mainframes and 40 year old software technologies...

Telstra has a long reputation for bleeding edge projects and la-la-land development to suit the purpose of the incumbent contractor. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see a book come out of it either!

> I've seen this functionality at work, and whilst I agree that
> it will only be required in small cases, there is a requirement for
> it.

Precisely. 100% agreed. You just said it all in one sentence: "small cases". That is the gist of all this XML marketing rap: small cases.

> But just because people HAVEN'T seen it or had experince with it,
> I wouldn't disregard it. Cynicism without the facts is a not a welcome
> trait in my DBA Dept.
>

Exactly. The problem is that I am cynical WITH the facts. Not without. As you pointed out: I'm not going to lose one minute of my sleep because of a niche market consisting of "small cases".

Neither should any other DBA interested in mainstream work. Not to say that where it is appropriate, it's not a "killer technology". Back in the mainframe rooms of IBM.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au Received on Sun Nov 24 2002 - 21:41:21 CST