Larry I think we moved past this. I was put off but the bluntness of his response, I'm not trying cause issues.
Ryan Macy On 1/25/12 11:29 PM, "Larry Brasfield" <larry_brasfi...@iinet.com> wrote: >(Top-posting undone for comprehensibility.) >Ryan Macy wrote: >>>> Would there be any reason SQLite would have a hard time functioning in >>>> a database as a service model? > >Roger Binns replied: >[Reasonable explanation of why SQLite as a service is not a good solution, >including "introduction of latency" and "need to ... authenticate", and >suggestion that problem is better solved by existing database servers ] >... >>> Have you even used SQLite? > >To which Ryan Macy replied: >> This seems inconsequential -- regardless of what method you use you will >> have to authenticate. Everything has latency. I'm not sure where you're >> going with this. >> >> You came off as a prick, but maybe I didn't offer enough information... >>Or >> my question is not intelligent enough for youŠ >> >> I appreciate your opinion though, thank you. > >Roger's point, which is quite consequential, and politely made, is that >SQLite solves only a part of the problem that you posed. As for >"everything >has latency", that is not quite the issue to which Roger alluded. As you >may discover, latency becomes a real issue in network scenarios, one that >can create serious difficulties when inadequately handled. And as you may >already understand, latency is not always an issue that requires >attention. > >You should learn to keep your emotional reactions to yourself when you >find >yourself writing words like "prick". > >You provided enough information to show that you have little comprehension >of the issues that will arise were you to use SQLite as you suggest. >Roger >provided a calm, reasonable, but brief hint of what they will be. That he >took the time to do this is to his credit, and was an act undeserving of >your reaction. > >Your question was, in fact, an indication that you are either completely >naive regarding latency and security issues, or that you had very little >familiarity with SQLite. Hence his question, "Have you even used SQLite?" > >To me, Roger's response reflected an effort to help you rather than any >kind of belittlement. You would do well to understand that, even if you >sometimes feel foolish when those who know more expose your naivety. > >Regards, >-- >Larry Brasfield >_______________________________________________ >sqlite-users mailing list >sqlite-users@sqlite.org >http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
