> Game coders think service people are mad also: How can you use a database that you do not fully understand? You don't even have the source? Using a framework

> Game coders think service people are mad also: How can you use a database that you do not fully understand? You don't even have the source? Using a framework or library or cloud that you do not 100% understand seems "cowboy" to them. Not to mention widely used on-premise enterprise software with weird upgrade-paths and hidden costs. If you look behind the curtain there is a lot of legacy cruft in COTS. Customizing such installations seems cowboy-ish to others. SaaS/cloud is better and hide ugly details but may off limits for high confidential data. Game programmers often reinvent the wheel but learn from others through post mortems (former Game Developer Magazin). Enterprise devs often cook their own customized solution based on COTS. You can still install and play almost all PC games on modern hardware with Win 7+ 64-bit. Try that with old SharePoint, Exchange, SAP, Oracle/Sun, Novell, etc. software and not to mention the troubles to restore an old backup. As someone who saw both camps, I would say both sides can learn from the other side.