Belgian consultancy company Element 61 has just posted an opinion piece under the disguise of a review on open source ETL.
What a load of utter nonsens. Try reading this:
Instead of using SQL statements to transform data, an Open Source ETL tool gives the developer a standard set of functions, error handling rules and database connections. The integration of all these different components is done by the Open Source ETL tool provider. The straightforward transformations can be implemented very quickly, without the hassle of writing queries, connecting to data sources or writing your own error handling process. When there are complex transformations to make, Open Source ETL tools will often not offer out-of-the-box solutions.
Well Mr Jan Claes, we’re perfectly capable of handling …
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