>Jerry, a question - are you able to identify all the ways your database will be used over the next 3-5 years, and by how many people?
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>(...using a bit of the Socratic method here...odd, since I'm an Aristotelian....but there's a point regarding usability I think you should consider)
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>So do you know the ways your database will be used over time?

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Would it kill you to say, just once, "Maybe I was mistaken"? Your ego can't possibly be this big.