From: NS

To: Editor

Date: 10/07/2003

 

I came across the following hilarity on the Application Development Trends web site this morning and thought you might find it amusing (or depressing):

 

In object-oriented approaches, you basically have to model the whole behavior of the application as one thing. If you change the app, you have to change the DB even if the changes are small," he continued. Businesses change over time. And the requirements for what businesses want computers to do change. With the object model, you have to re-analyze and it can mean substantial changes.

 

This is then stated as being "okay if things don't change that much"! Good grief, this from a magazine for application developers? They of all people should know that change is a constant.

 

 

From: Fabian Pascal

To: NS

 

Why are you surprised? In a society which does not value education--as distinct from training--and ability to reason--for obvious reasons--and, thus, not only does not reward, but even punish people for such, why should anybody expect anything else then this logical conclusion?

 

 

Posted 12/12/03

 

 

 

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