http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Making analogies between our software world and the real world is a mental exercice I love. There are so many parallels between software engineering architectures/concepts and what happens outside. But this very example leads us to a fascinating, unknown and smelling underground world. http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment5http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment5Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:17:00 GMTOren is a true geek :) While there are definitely great similarity between the two system only a true geek can see that association right off the batch. Matthieu nice! http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment4http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment4Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:25:29 GMTVery interesting. On my first read, I mistook the word 'blog' as 'bog'... and it didn't seem to skewer the meaning that much in this particular case. http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment3http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment3Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:59:53 GMTI got a picture of THE sewer , the Tokyo ones : http://www.crookedbrains.net/2007/07/japanese-sewers-photo-gallery-first.html We can say it's the I.B.M. os the sewer ? :) http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment2http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment2Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:37:47 GMTthink of your neighborhood sewage system as one large ssis package :) http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment1http://ayende.com/3453/the-sewer-architecture#comment1Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:40:48 GMT