Re: Just one more anecdote

From: David Cressey <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:31:55 GMT
Message-ID: <f1MFe.9904$oZ.4280@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1122434483.482398.180490_at_g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> One reason why I'll stick to my partial explanation (definitely not the
> whole of it) is that I've been involved in many migrations/conversions
> over the past quarter of a century starting with conversions from card
> systems to oltp and including conversions from one source code language
> to another and one OS to another. None has been so huge and difficult
> as the move to a SQL-DBMS environment from a very similar environment
> to what this vendor had. I can feel this one in my bones, brother.

One of the things I've done over the last quarter century is implement SQL-DBMS based applications that replaced prerelational precursors. I have not exprienced the level of difficulty you express. I think your exprience has led you to a flawed conclusion.

I feel it in my bones, sister. Received on Wed Jul 27 2005 - 08:31:55 CDT