by Gene Wirchenko <genew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jun 26, 2008 at 09:52 AM
"Roy Hann" <specially@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
[snip]
>Not "getting" data means being a fraud and an imposter. No business buys
>database applications just to run applications; they buy them to get
>accurate information and for no other reason. Not "getting" the other
>things you list means delay and awkwardness and you'll surely be in
trouble
>if you can't deliver efficiency and speed, but those come second. To
prove
>it, propose to a company director that you can make his slow systems
twice
>as fast but they'll produce undetectable corruptions of the data, and see
if
>he goes for it.
You just have to say it right. "I denormalise for performance."
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences.
You have biases.
He/She has prejudices.
