Re: Did Joe Celko say this ? "Worse than MySQL: Just Ms Access"

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:21:08 GMT, "mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote:

>"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> "our industry"
>> "NOT what our industry needs
>
>The possessiveness is cute, but entirely misdirected.
>What *does* the industry need? Obviously more calumny.
>
>Joe's attitude: "solutions: nothing is impossible using SQL".

It has been claimed that you can write anything in anything, but a lot of the time it's a bad idea. Using an inappropriate tool or stretching an almost-appropriate tool beyond its boundaries will lead to solutions that are at best fragile and at worst just plain wrong.

>Bob's attitude: "throw enough shit and some of it has to start sticking".

Well, no - it's just that when he sees something wrong or misguided or unclear or illogical or just plain stupid he says so. He might be wrong himself of course, but that is not the point. Just tell him, calmly and logically, why he is wrong, remembering that you are trying to convince the rest of us (lurkers included), not just him.

>F**k-Off Bob. No industry or person needs the calumny you deliver.

and that, of course, is not a personal attack in any way at all... Received on Sat Feb 10 2007 - 22:07:03 CET