From: Patricia Epifano

Date: 24 Jun 2005

 

I just wanted to thank all of you folks at dbebunk.com for giving me a reason to continue doing my job!!  And for providing me a safe haven where I can be reassured that I am not out of my mind for trying so hard to do this "modeling thing" well.

 

I am faced with the "dumbed down" masses daily—and have almost abandoned all hope.

 

Not only do they not understand my discipline, or its purpose; they apparently don't understand their own—citing the inability of application developers to code against a model that contains (heavens!!) 26 entities.  The structures are admittedly complex and conceptual—but I'll help them understand them—I really will.  (I'll even help with the physical design). I promise to hold their little hands and help them understand how to populate and retrieve data and not have to change the database (and their precious applications) the day after tomorrow (and the day after that, and the day after that, and...) 

 

Their management (and mine) truly believe that "fewer tables are better ‘cause the application will run faster".  Listening to their responses (and suggestions no less!! )  about an elegantly-designed and flexible enterprise model is like being buried under a Wal-Mart daily!!

 

Thanks for giving me the shovel I so desperately need to dig out from under all their "knowledge"!!

 

A beleaguered fellow modeler/architect.

 

 

From: Fabian Pascal

 

It is nice to know that the purpose for which the site exists is being achieved, as there is little other satisfaction from it. Glad you found it helpful.

 

As I said so many times, a society that renounces knowledge and reason has no future.

 

 

Posted 8/19/2005