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Stu Charlton wrote:
> Read the quote again: "I tend to council *against* complete DBMS
> independence."
>
> To me that says "you should use the features of the DBMS you have".
> Which is consistent with Joe's argument: not everything should be
> done in middleware, not everything should be done in the database.
> Cheers
> Stu
You are correct that Joe is not a middleware bigot. Neither am I a back-end bigot. but I interpret the sentence above that you quote exactly the same now as I did when I responded to it.
You either fully embrace a software and leverage it for all of its scalability, security, and performance features or you are leaving money on the table. The word "complete" has no value. How should it be interpreted ... Use 78.2% of the features but not all? Maybe only 74.5%. I know he used the word ... but it provides not a single bit of clarity. It still translates to "don't take maximum advantage of proprietary features".
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Mon Jan 26 2004 - 10:09:47 CST