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..............

3 Comments

  • You probably agree that com+ has its role with in the ms product stack. I think the problem is that the a lot of people didn't and dont understand it!



    Cheers sral

  • I built my entire career on MTS and subsequently COM+! If I had said NO then I would be out on the street desolate.



    You are, of course, right: don't use something unless it really needs to be used. If only more technologists thought that way....



    Ciaran

  • But what happens when your boss says, "yes, we must" "do or die" "by hook or by crook"



    I am just _waiting_ to witness the nuclear bomb get triggered for this current project i'm in for a technical design that has proven completely impossible to accomplish. With an environment so tied down we are not allowed to access the servers proper to conduct the necessary troubleshooting and testing, no less.

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