COM+ - "Just Say No"
For those of you that are readers of my blog, you will know about the COM+ application that I picked up a couple of years ago. I am currently working on getting it to run under Windows 2003 Server. When I work with this application, and all of its intracacies, I am reminded of Nancy Reagon and her "Just Say No" to drugs line from 20+ years ago. There are medical drugs which have uses under certain situations. COM+ is similar to medical drugs. If you don't know why you need a medical drug, you shouldn't take it, so if you don't know why you need COM+, you shouldn't use it at all. It is your job as a developer to understand the proper use of a technology. Don't use a technology just because it is cool or has a cool sounding name. Don't run out and inflate your resume. Just get the job done for the customers. Everyone will be happier and everything will be much better then.
............Ok, I feel better now..............