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Oh they exist alright, I have met them. They are bearded old men that rule the kingdom of Oracle in a dusty room that smells of stale coffee. If you ask them if

Oh they exist alright, I have met them. They are bearded old men that rule the kingdom of Oracle in a dusty room that smells of stale coffee. If you ask them if you may please have a table they respond angrily "NO, you may NOT have a table!"

_eht 4y ago
This made me spit out my stale coffee.
smrtinsert 4y ago
I sometimes think this was the actual use case being solved by the nosql movement.
- ruined 4y ago
  all new technology solves a problem, sometimes it's a social problem
- Shorel 4y ago
  And you would be right. Grumpy old men complaining no one in the company is able to write good enough queries. We got rid of them when we migrated from Oracle to AWS Aurora.
partdavid 4y ago
I was an Oracle DBA for 11 years. The joke is: Q: What is the difference between a DBA and a terrorist? A: You can negotiate with a terrorist. After being a DBA, I moved into security, so I could tell people NO with even less consideration and more cruelty.