Business reporting is not dealing with objects, it is dealing with relationships between objects.

New applications will have to deal with big data. We have to analyze it on the fly, so we have to have a system that is transactional and analytical at the same time. We cannot have a multi-stage system. This is too slow for modern applications.

I believe that whoever is successful should help ensure that the next generation can be successful, too.

Kids only learn that the stove is hot when they put their finger on and they burn it. This, unfortunately, is the limitation of our precious brain.

Business reporting is not dealing with objects, it is dealing with relationships between objects.