Re: Object/Relational Mapping is the Vietnam of Computer Science

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:50:04PM +0900, Clifford Heath wrote:
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?

Only if I was using that statement as a point of argument. I wasn't,
really -- I just defined vendor lock-in. I suspect you're making
assumptions about my meaning and intent.

In any case, my usual approach to dealing with the specter of vendor
lock-in is to avoid the vendors' proprietary formats whenever at all
practical. Sure, I can always use some outside tool to recover that
from which I've been locked out, but I'd rather not have to.

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"It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually
spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game." - Marvin Minsky

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