From: Clifford Heath <no.spam@...>
Date: 2007-03-23T12:50:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science

Chad Perrin wrote:
> ...vendor lock-in (coupled with some form of
> vendor lock-out, of course -- data locked into a given format, user
> locked out of the software one uses to access it).

Ok, I can see why you wouldn't want to use software like that.
I certainly wouldn't, and haven't. In fact I don't know any
software like that, except what Microsoft tried with XP, but
even that failed. So it's a bit of a strawman you're knocking
down, aren't you?