Found this wonderful law that explains the futility of arguing against bull****:
"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.” ~ Alberto Brandolini Have a nice day! :) > On 16 Jun 2015, at 23:01, Ihe Onwuka <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 1:48 PM, daniela florescu <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Yes, Pavel, I know that. And you know that. And a bunch of real database > people know that. There are plenty of us. > > However, our voice gets lost ( and as Ihe said, we are more likely for us to > be treated as crazy nuts then anything else….) > in face of the hundreds of millions of dollars that are being poured into > marketing of those products. > > One of my favorite is CouchDb marketing slogan: "N1QL is the FIRST TIME in > history when people can query the STRUCTURE > of the data.” > > And yeah, MarkLogic’s CEO’s statement that MarkLogic invented a solution for > solving heterogeneous data problem is another favorite of > mine too. > > How does THAT look for you, after the past 25 years of semi-structured > databases ? > > I cannot do anything else then being stunned by how gullible and uneducated > people are…. > > And wait for the bubble to pass… > > > I was drawn to this article because I've been approached twice by recruiters > from the company that it is about. > > http://kellblog.com/2011/06/27/why-palantir-makes-my-head-hurt/ > <http://kellblog.com/2011/06/27/why-palantir-makes-my-head-hurt/> > Since it is quite long I have excerpted the relevant bit below. > > "To which for several years I had to say “it’s all bullshit, it’s all > bullshit, it’s a barter transaction and they’re double counting, and it’s all > bullshit.” > > It turns out being a naysayer isn’t fun work: for three years you sound like > a whining, doubting-Thomas constantly on the back foot, constantly playing > defense and then one day > <http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/0306/0305024a.html> you’re proven right > <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A6157-2002Jan6>. > But there’s no joy in it. And the naysaying doesn’t help sell newspapers > so you don’t get much press coverage. And, in the end, all people remember > is that “MicroStrategy was pretty cool back in the day” and “Dave’s a grump.” С уважением, Павел Велихов [email protected]
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