Probably because he has a point. He took issue with my statement about the CAB, being too complex for the job it is supposed to do. Perhaps the thing that I regert the most is that I don't have truly constructive criticism to offer in this subject. I can understand why "I don't think that this is good" can be seen as offensive.

Before I respond to Sam's post, I would like to mention that I do believe that we can have a reasonable discussion without attacking each other, even if I decide to offer criticism. I would admit that not offering a constructive criticism is a problem in this case, but I don't have anything valuable to suggest about improving the product at this time.

In addition to that: I don't like personal attack in response for a technological discussion, and I really wish that the discussion would not stoop to that.

Now, to the part where I try to answer Sam's points. This is addressed specifically to Sam.

I am sadden to hear that. I have some snippy remarks to this, but I would try to refrain from that. I would like to mention two things. I do believe that I am not talking empty words. The second is that while Israel and the US may have superficially similar cultures, there are many changes between both culture. Oh, and I am also narcissistic & opinionated jerk.

Sigh, why do people assume that I don't deliver business value to my customers? If I wanted to sit in an ivory tower and write frameworks, I could do it. I am pretty sure that I could get paid for it. I hadn't any complaint from any of my customers (or my boss) about using work-time for doing frameworks-in-the-sky.

A bare bone OR/M implementation takes about a day to write, Fowler has the basis in PoEA. If that was all an OR/M had to offer, I wouldn't really bother with an existing one. You can check here to find what are the basic requirements for an OR/M. I estimated that as three months for me + 2 good developers to get to a version that other people could start developing on. Of course, that is a fairly rough estimate, so it may take more.

I am sorry if this is the way it came out. I am using this blog as a way to express my thoughts about software and development, not as a way to put down other people. I would try to give it some thought, but I would request the same from you.

Again, it is not the patterns that I am objecting to, and I think that the CAB has some good ideas in it. I am delighted to hear that you have been successful in implementing a CAB-based solution, and that it has worked for you.

Nevertheless, "We actually don't find CAB that hard anymore" - that is after over a year of working with it, right? I would say that it would have to be hard to use after that period of time. Incidently, this is not the only reference for about a year to get the CAB.

If you feel that your invensment in the CAB had been worth it, go celebrate it in a pub. I feel differently about the applicability of CAB to my projects, for the reasons that I have already specified, and I have yet to hear something that would change my mind or would actually address the question.

Ha? I fail to see the connection between the CAB and SQL Server, sorry. You would have to use hand puppets to get that throught for me.