>Unless you have really compelling reasons to get snuggly with a particular vendor's technology
I'll never understand this mentality. You bought it, so why not use it? Even OSS databases have some very compelling features. Take advantage. Use the hell out of your tools.
This is tantamount to saying "I'm using Go, but I can't use goroutines, because some day I might want to use Python instead." Don't want to get too attached to the technology, right?
The only time I ever tried to go abstract is when I sold on-premises software that had to support multiple enterprise-size clients' vendor choices. You know what happened? It took forever, everyone was unhappy, and ultimately it turned into 2 vendor-specific versions and dropping the least popular 3rd. Life was better after that.
I'll never understand this mentality. You bought it, so why not use it? Even OSS databases have some very compelling features. Take advantage. Use the hell out of your tools.
This is tantamount to saying "I'm using Go, but I can't use goroutines, because some day I might want to use Python instead." Don't want to get too attached to the technology, right?
The only time I ever tried to go abstract is when I sold on-premises software that had to support multiple enterprise-size clients' vendor choices. You know what happened? It took forever, everyone was unhappy, and ultimately it turned into 2 vendor-specific versions and dropping the least popular 3rd. Life was better after that.