This email was sent this morning. Obviously, for "different accounts" reasons, it didn't make it through. Yeah.
Dana > On May 28, 2015, at 2:43 PM, daniela florescu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> It proves that when it comes to IT you can put lipstick on a pig. If you >> were trying to name the language today JShit would probably market test >> better than XQuery. > > > That’s why I’m so tired of the database “science” and the database > “scientific” community, and I run away to 3D and Augmented reality — which is > at the beginning, > nobody makes billions (yet) and there is still some love of technology, some > honesty and integrity, and deep, serious enthusiasm. There is still some > innocence... > > Right now the “database market” is just lipstick on a (VERY LARGE) pig. Lots > of money spent on marketing scream, and unfortunately developers flock like > sheep > towards the ones who scream the most, without any clue of “why”. > > Yet we have no clue why a solution is better then other, no benchmarks, just > hacky solutions, or temporary solutions which will disappear in 5-10 years, > etc. > >> Maybe it's because of your abhorrence of stupidity you tend not to stick >> around long enough to witness just how stupid some people are. > > Well, I am VERY patient when I want to.... I did stay with the XML community > since 1997, despite my deep dislike for processing instructions... :-) > > But I see my role as an engineer to build good engineering solutions, not to > increase the IQ of the general population. That’s not my job. > > Best regards > Dana > > > > > > >
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