Can add a few more: - Depending on database, the dev tool environment can be extremely limited - Depending on database, debugging can be a nightmare - Diffic

Can add a few more: - Depending on database, the dev tool environment can be extremely limited - Depending on database, debugging can be a nightmare - Difficult, if not impossible, to scale over more than one node - Another version dependency problem added - If you want to sell your software, or services depending on an application that uses stored procedures, you need to be very careful how you manage licenses.