Ben, while I understand what you're saying, the fact is that: --- More and more enterprise software is headed in this direction of black-box composition
--- We don't actually own the software. We own a license to use it --- There are less people that need/want to get into the guts, and more people that would do damage by getting into the guts, so it is cost-effective to protect the many inadequate tinkers from destroying their investment (and the perception of stability) than to facilitate a few worthy tinkers outside of the API access. -ASB Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership ------- http://Home.ASBzone.com/ASB/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/AndrewBaker ------- On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The fact that you can't edit an ESE database is _good_. > > On this, we'll have to agree to disagree. > > I'm of the opinion that if I own something, I should be able to do > anything I want with it, including break it. I also believe that (to > borrow from Dennis Ritchie) preventing people from doing stupid things > also prevents them from doing clever things. Locking up everything in > a box and telling me to keep out prevents me from doing things the > designers didn't think of. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
