Re: Throwing this out there for discussion

DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3E3A224D.E158C7FD_at_exesolutions.com>...
> Niall Litchfield wrote:
>
> > "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > news:3E36B0FA.A16EBB53_at_exesolutions.com...
> > > There is really way too much of this type of stuff out there. And one
> thing the Oracle developer and
> > > DBA community could do for itself would be to name names and stop doing
> business with these people
> > > until they clean up their act.
> >
> > yeah, like we get to choose whose product to buy :(
> >
> > Niall
> >
> > Who stayed late tonight to apply Release 28 (yes really) of a vendor's app.
> > Someday they will work out that imposing constraints/primary
> > keys/referential integrity might just help in a relational model, not to
> > mention illuminating/eliminating code bugs.
> >
> > Of course its web enabled so whoopee doo we're going with the times.
>
> Funny you should say that ... a colleague and I are currently working on a book
> intended for developers, DBAs, and IT management on how to win battles with
> corporate management and finance.
>
> If we get it published I'll hype it in cdo.marketplace ... but until then all I
> can say is that it can be done. One must, however, stop thinking like a
> developer and think like a warrior.
>
> So ... choose the terrain upon which the battle is fought. Don't fight it on
> the CFO's home turf.
>
> Daniel Morgan

I may be becoming old. But I feel no desire to fight management. Daniel is probably right, this might be possible and result is pretty good for a company, but usually you feel the taste of, well, manure in your mouth after such battles... Just my 2 cents. Received on Fri Jan 31 2003 - 17:48:17 CET