Re: Just one more anecdote


"dawn" <dawnwolthuis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> One reason why I'll stick to my partial explanation (definitely not the
> whole of it) is that I've been involved in many migrations/conversions
> over the past quarter of a century starting with conversions from card
> systems to oltp and including conversions from one source code language
> to another and one OS to another. None has been so huge and difficult
> as the move to a SQL-DBMS environment from a very similar environment
> to what this vendor had. I can feel this one in my bones, brother.

One of the things I've done over the last quarter century is implement
SQL-DBMS based applications that replaced prerelational precursors. I have
not exprienced the level of difficulty you express. I think your exprience
has led you to a flawed conclusion.

I feel it in my bones, sister.


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