I came across this video this morning and it seems extremely timely. <div><br></div><div>Enjoy - <a href="http://www.vendorclientvideo.com/">http://www.vendorclientvideo.com/</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div id=":2i6" class="ii gt">mmon Business Oriented Language. It was hyped just like Java or Ruby in their time. One of the selling points is that it was an English like language that allowed managers to write programs themselves, and eliminate the need for programmers!<br>
<br>When SQL was invented, it was also hyped for the English like syntax, and that it will allow managers to write queries themselves, with no need for programmers.<br><br>Look back and see who used COBOL, and look now who uses SQL : hint! Programmers.<br>
<br>Then 4GLs came by ...<br><br>Then IDEs that allowed you to create buttons and widgets right there from a GUI ...<br><br>The more things change the more they stay the same.<div><div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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