From: Michael Bevilacqua-Linn <michael.bevilacqualinn@...>
Date: 2007-03-22T05:45:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Sci

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>We use relational databases as object stores because they're cheap and
easily available, not because they're good for the task.

Really?  What's better?

On 3/21/07, James Moore <jamesthepiper@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/20/07, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Data is king. Applications are pawns.
> >
>
> Data is a dead fish.  Applications are knowing how to fish.  There are
> minor
> edge cases where data is more important ("feed me now or I die of
> starvation"), but in the grand scheme of things data is insignificant
> compared to the applications that produce and transform it.
>
> We use relational databases as object stores because they're cheap and
> easily available, not because they're good for the task.
>
> - James Moore
>

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