Comment Slow Day for Negative Apple News? (Score 1, Insightful) 345
What's next "Apple Employee Cuts Line at Starbucks"?
Hardly stuff that matters
What's next "Apple Employee Cuts Line at Starbucks"?
Hardly stuff that matters
you never know... it could be good
...are generally aimed at those new to { insert book's technology topic } and not seasoned programmers / developers / architects.
Many of the comments so far are negative, doubting how someone can become a data architect / DBA from the book... which is not the target audience... IMHO
As one who has seen quite a few programmers use unstructured text files, excel spreadsheets and access (as if it were a spreadsheet) for data storage, I welcome a resource that offers a painless introduction to the "magic" of using a database and the various features it offers. This introduction to the "proper" way to manage data may be the stepping stone to spur further learning...
The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation. -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month"