I have to admit the geek in me is fascinated with this argument :-) Paul, you're last post has enough points in it to start about 10 threads :-) Anyway I stick...
I definitely do not want to let this descend into a NHibernate vs. Stored procs., vs. DataSets vs. Entity Framework vs. Goblins etc. etc. argument. A quick...
I don't think the goblins have delivered the productivity gains they promised.We are currently looking at gnomes.Mainly because of the hat with the bell and...
... I would trust a competent DBA to create the stored procedures to get the data I need more than I would any tool to generate equivalent SQL. This is for...
Lets be honest about what this really is ... outsourcing. ... promised.We are currently looking at gnomes.Mainly because of the hat with the bell and the fact...
I have been through ths code sycleINSERT Customer (Id, Name)VALUES (1, "Client")or SELECT Customers Id, Name FROM WHERE Id = @customerId SELECT FROM Orders...
... I'm just saying that if NHibernate still works for you in 10 years why throw it out? It sounds to me like you are looking for silver bullets. They don't...
... <dagda1@...> wrote: It does not sound like the persuit of alternative practices is something that people who were at the meeting are really interested in ...
Wow, a lot of chatter! I've tried to summarize my responses in a gigantic atomo-post (Please don't take any of this personally!): colmac_2003: "I would trust a...
... Oh, the irony! :) ... Excellent - I would like to hear about that too. ... Being disinterested in something is to take an objective view. I am clarifying...
... And yet you come into a discussion about ALT.NET and immediately pan one of the cornerstones of the "movement" (OR/M) because you "trust" machine generated...
... How am I trying to force my opinion? I want to hear from other people interested in this space. Not from people who are not. ... Have I not mentioned and...
The fact that you use TFS which is a much newer and a "passing fad" source control system over something like subversion totally refutes your argument that you...
... Again, I have already said I'm interested in this space. My use of the word "disinterested" has causes a lot of confusion. I checked a dictionary to check...
So, are you saying that nightly builds and reading code as a way of initially learning a product are part of the ALT.NET definition? The link that was posted...
... I too bow out. I got this started this group to hear people doing alternative practices and nobody (apart from Johnny) is into this space.It is totally...
Certainly not. And that altnetpedia site is not the ultimate arbiter of what is and what is not under the umbrella of ALT.NET. In my opinion, ALT.NET is...
Paul ... something that people who were at the meeting are really interested in (I'm waiting for people to tell me I am wrong). Paul, you're wrong!! ;-) I...
... Why? You have a bunch of people here who want to learn, and it seems that you are one of the few experts in the area. Not so great, maybe, for you in terms...
You've started a user group for geeks, dictionary definitions are the least of your worries ;-) We've not even touched on preferred language, preferred editor,...