Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

Anthony Mandic (no_sp.am_at_agd.nsw.gov.au) wrote:

: Now would that be because I've once worked on POS systems, I've
: had friends who've worked on POS systems and told me their problems,
: I've had friends who've worked on ATM systems and I can recollect their
: annecdotes, I've read articles describing issues and problems with said
: systems, I've read/done audit reports of said systems or because I've
: read the apocryphal reports in newspapers and put two and two together?

God, I wish I knew as much as you. I'm still at the neophyte stage of having to actually look at the code before I can analyze it.

: And I suppose you also think that a tradesman can recognise the quality
: of another tradesman's work? Or do you subscribe to Chuck Yourdan's
: belief that software should be shipped with bugs?

Again, you've got me dead to rights on this last point. I don't even know who Chuck Yourdon is. It must be great to know everything. The only Yourdon I know is Ed Yourdon. I only know of him because he a fellow internationally- known author and expert in his field and because we share the same publisher.

Tell me, what exactly do you do for the Attorney General of NSW? Does anybody but you know about your brilliance?

: -am

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