Re: The MySQL/PHP pair

"Bill H" <wphaskett_at_THISISMUNGEDatt.net> wrote in message news:099jd.362414$MQ5.163359_at_attbi_s52...

> I've noted my experiences are similar to Dawns, in that I work from a
> business perspective and not from a database perspective. This
perspective
> has managed to provide wide-ranging experiences, through the years, with
> computing.

My reply to you is going to be the same as my reply to Dawn. Your experiences do not map well into mine.

I have been involved with several successes, using relational databases, over the years. The success was measured by those paying the bills. I can't say how far up the chain of command the assessment of success went, but I am sure of the reaction of the management that hired me.

If you know what you are doing, you get a lot more bang for the buck. If you feel like you are throwing money down a rat hole, then maybe you are. But it doesn't prove the case.

>
> The very concept that I should have one person doing database management,
> another on networking, another on user interfaces, and still another
> defining business rules indicates a large cost structure. But that's just
> my perspective because I keep paying for all this.

Whether you need one person full time on each of those specialties depends on the scope and scale of what you are attempting. If you are managing a very small operation, then you should be able to get by with just one generalist, provided
that person can call on specialists when needed. If you are managing the control and communication apparatus for some big company like GE, then you can afford a payroll of three professionals, and more. And you probably need 120 hours of work done each week.

BTW, why am I saying three rather than four? Because defining business rules isn't an IT function!

>
> It's always easy to theorize about why Dawn "doesn't get it". For those
of
> us who pay the bills, or don't go on vacation this year because they're
> throwning cash down an IT "let's try this technology" drain, I find she
> "gets it" a lot more clearly than some are willing to give her credit for.

It's not that Dawn doesn't get it about your cost structure. What she doesn't get is how some of us succeeded.

BTW, who are "they"? Received on Mon Nov 08 2004 - 00:14:55 CET