re "Database Independence" -- WAS Re: views on views on views

FWIW, I've placed a link to your comments [rant] on my blog !

Hemant K Chitale
http :// hemantoracledba. blogspot. com / 2009/03/database-indepence-anyone.html

At 07:56 AM Friday, Tim Gorman wrote:
>I am always amazed at the tacit and universal acceptance of the
>phrase "database independence" as a good thing.
>
>
>Long story short -- examine the "database independence" requirement
>very closely from the perspective of those who are relying on the
>application, and those who are paying for it.
>
>Question authority -- especially IT people who have embedded the
>word "architect" into their job title...
>
>-Tim Gorman
><http://www.EvDBT.com>www.EvDBT.com
>DBA Hole
>
>
>Tim Gorman
>consultant - Evergreen Database Technologies, Inc.

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