Re: Specifying all biz rules in relational data
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 06:55:03 -0400
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"robert" <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com> wrote in message
news:da3c2186.0409181607.6266b17c_at_posting.google.com...
> Kenneth Downs <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message
news:<qaecic.k8o.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net>...
> no they don't. they pay us to write applications. that we use (any kind
> of) database is irrelevant to them. witness (witless??) the rise of
> "XML data storage". those that can say, "we'll build you the app, and
> you won't have to spend $100,000 on db2/oracle/XX" are winning. sad,
> but all too true.
I disagree. Some of us get paid (or used to get paid) specifically to
integrate data from disjoint sources.
Database work isn't peripheral to that effort. It's central.
Received on Sun Sep 19 2004 - 12:55:03 CEST