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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Re[2]: Oracle 911 Article - Silver Bullet
I would suspect it's either from one of the old werewolf stories or
from "The Lone Ranger" TV series.
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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Rognes, Sten
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:07 PM
To: 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
Subject: RE: Re[2]: Oracle 911 Article
>> There are silver bullets indeed. BTW, I do lay claim to being one
>> of the first people to commonly use this term to describe unreachable
>> "holy grails". It was used a lot by Ingres marketeers and I got the
>> trait from them. It was out of favour for a long time but since I've
>> used it again in c.d.o.s. a coupla years ago, it came back into favour.
I first saw the silver bullet term used in Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month (1974) in the "No silver bullet - essence and accident" essay to describe the "quick relieves" approach in this context. I would not be surprised if that's were the Ingres marketers got the term from.. ?
Sten
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