Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon Nov 21 11:02:41 CST 2011
Aside from Windows 8 and maybe HyperV (I'm on the fence, I don't think virtualization is "the next big thing" anymore), I find it very hard to believe that any of these products are going to <quote>have a major impact on IT in the coming years</quote>. They all seem fairly niche and exciting to perhaps corporate CTOs. Other than that, what Arthur said. - Hans On 2011-11-21, at 8:17 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > IMO, this piece is targeted at IT people, not developers or database > people. Fundamentally different set of skills, and as writers like to > say, orthogonal. I'm not saying that some knowledge of this stuff is > superfluous, but the IT people have their job and developers have their > job, and only in small business is it required to wear both hats. Even in > SMBs (Small to Medium-Sized Businesses, defined as total revenue more than > $50M and less than $250M per year), these are separate career paths. Mom > 'n' Pop outfits are way beneath this radar, IMO. How many M-n-P ops need > SharePoint even, much less the other stuff. IMO almost all can get by with > SQL Express (free), and have no need to upgrade. Speaking of which, I've > been looking at Office365 and at first blush, this looks like a pretty cool > option for me, as well as M'n'P ops. At about $6 or $7 a seat/month, it > sounds just right, and eliminates all the pricey license fees. > > Just my IMHO, > A. > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:14 AM, <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > >> Same here plus, even if I became proficient in one or more of those >> areas, I'm 62. I don't think there are a whole lot of positions out >> there for us 'senior citizens'. Especially ones who have been 'lone >> ranger' developers for 30 years. >> >> Rocky >> >> >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com