nsouto_at_optushome.com.au (Nuno Souto) wrote in message news:<dd5cc559.0211241941.7775215d_at_posting.google.com>...
> 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.
Some of this thread cracked me up:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&threadm=alnoth0ho3%40enews4.newsguy.com&rnum=1&prev=/&frame=on
jg
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Received on Mon Nov 25 2002 - 18:05:56 CST
