Mike WilliamsonPutting the #Enterprise into
the #EnterpriseSystem
I ran across this paper about #ERP systems. The idea that these things are just a giant integration database explains so much.
For those not familiar with the #integrationDatabase (anti)pattern:
"On the whole integration databases lead to serious problems because the database becomes a point of coupling between the applications that access it.
This is usually a deep coupling that significantly increases the risk involved in changing those applications and making it harder to evolve them. As a result most software architects that I respect take the view that integration databases should be avoided."
