----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hull dphull@insipid.com Date: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:27 am Subject: Re: DB2
Databases rarely ever die. If a DB application doesn't require much, people don't replace their old applications. And if it does require much, it's very difficult to switch out the underlying DB, because things like concurrency models are implemented differently in every DB.
This is true, I know several people that have 2 or 3 years worth daily statistical data stored in an Excel spreadsheet!!!
csappenfield@kc.rr.com wrote:
Databases rarely ever die. If a DB application doesn't require much, people don't replace their old applications. And if it does require much, it's very difficult to switch out the underlying DB, because things like concurrency models are implemented differently in every DB.
Cool, I can use Spreadsheet::ParseExcel to grab the data, put it in a PostgreSQL database and do any calculation you want on it.
Databases do die. It is just people that believe they can't be replaced that keep them alive ... barely. *sigh*
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Zscoundrel wrote:
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