Semi-OT: Database for "average" users

[JoeHill]

On Mon, 2 May 2005 23:07:02 +0300 (IDT)
Peter disseminated the following:

> >> Don't know much about DB, but doesn't anyone who 'knows better' share 
> >> this same preference? Have we not seen the sometimes disastrous 
> >> results of putting out a software product with too much bloat built 
> >> in (ie. Win)?
> >
> > If non-techie adoption is considered desirable, there does have to be some 
> > compromise with the ease-of-use concept.  Not to get into a "remember when"
> 
> Since when do economy class passengers know how to fly the plane, let 
> alone design modifications for it (push the button and watch the landing 
> gear come out - at 400 mph - oops you didn't know it was going to stall 
> at that altitude ? oh, we sell upgrades that cover that situation)

I see your point, but to continue the analogy, I would not want to be stuck on
the tarmac for 3 hours because Bill Gates overloaded the plane with excess
baggage :-)))

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