From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-03-28T06:14:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science

On Mar 21, 2007, at 7:29 PM, Ryan Davis wrote:

>
> On Mar 21, 2007, at 15:43 , Austin Ziegler wrote:
>
>> I don't particularly like SQL databases. I just won't pretend -- like
>> some people, which may or may not include yourself; I don't know  
>> since
>> you've never made a statement on it, certainly not as stupid as
>> "relational databases are evil" -- that object databases or xml
>> databases or anything else like that is a good thing.
>
> I actually love OODBs, and having worked for a major vendor in that  
> space, would consider myself knowledgeable in that arena.

Would you care to share any favored links for reading of why OODBs  
are a good thing, for those of us who don't know any better?

James Edward Gray II