On Sat, 27 Jan 2007, iain duncan wrote: [...] > I agree with the above, and my ( limited ) reading on OODB certainly > piqued my interest. I think what is likely with frameworks like TG, is > that most of the problem domains where OODB is a better fit are less > likely to be rushing to "web deliverable" whereas most applications that > fit tg ( "I need a dynamic buzz word compliant web site by yesterday!" ) > are solving a problem that is by driven by clients who don't really know > what they want, change their minds a lot, may change what they plan to > do with their information anytime, etc. So while OODB seems really > interesting I imagine the demand in a web framework will always be less. > Not as a reflection on the quality, but rather as a reflection of the > kind of clients we deal with. I imagine that scientists think a little > longer about their problems than my typical clients ... ; )
I think many scientists are in a similar boat to your (presumably commercial) customers. They are often rushing on to the next paper (or the next grant proposal), and their job is to do science, not software. And requirements are, by the nature of the work, often rapidly changing. Of course the difference is that they (or their students) are much more likely to be writing the software by themselves, for themselves (at least to start with), with no manager looking over their shoulder telling them what to do. Most are happy to stick to Fortran or Matlab or Mathematica or whatever, but if somebody happens to like the idea of OODBMS and sees a use for one, they are usually free to use it. John didn't offer any suggestion as to why he thinks OODBMSes are more applicable to "science/engineering applications" than business applications. Certainly "science/engineering applications" is quite a diverse set of systems. What did you have in mind, John? I haven't really the foggiest what the natural niche of OODBs might be, despite having used ZODB a bit. I'm not saying they don't have one, certainly -- it's just that their relative unpopularity makes such wisdom hard to come by. > That said, OODB tools for TG would be cool to check out! +1 :-) John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
