>spending some time with one vendor will give you some habits that are sure to not work as well with another
It seems like having multiple vendors is only valuable if their products are to some degree differentiated, no?
It seems like having multiple vendors is only valuable if their products are to some degree differentiated, no?
As to SQL. Its a weird feeling to read all that; I've spent 15 years working with very large relational databases -- and about 5 years ago I ditched it all in favor of using key-value object stores, wasting some storage but saving a metric ton of manhours of development work. Not looking back.