Re: "Master Data Management?"

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:47acec1b$0$4036$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net...
> TroyK wrote:
>
> > A new buzzword seems to have crept up on me when I wasn't looking --
> > I'm seeing a lot about "master data management" (http://
> > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Data_Management) as somehow a different
> > (or more specialized?) discipline than plain 'ole "data management".
> >
> > Can anyone shed light on this through their own experience? Is it
> > important to treat "master data" as a viable specialization of data in
> > general?
> >
> > My initial reaction is that this is some market-speak that's escaped
> > into the wild from somewhere (probably the business intelligence/data
> > warehouse camp), but I'm open to being persuaded otherwise.
> >
> > TroyK
>
> I suggest you challenge it on the principle of "No Original Work" and
> point out the lack of references. If you have time, I suggest you
> (recursively) do the same to every wiki page it references.
>
> It looks to me like some fucktard just making shit up. You know: like
> the aspect-oriented fucktards who think the shit they made up is somehow
> encyclopedic.

Bob said "It looks to me like some fucktard just making shit up." Bob needs to move to a warmer clime. Get out of Canada! Received on Sat Feb 09 2008 - 02:27:57 CET