---
title: "3D Cynicism"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/8/3d-cynicism.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/8/3d-cynicism.html"
published: "2003-05-08T05:29:00"
updated: "2003-05-08T05:29:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "\"(Not that databases aren't interesting of course. Nothing beats violating a FK-constraint at 9:00 AM)\" [ Frans Bouma 's post about C# and OpenGL]"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# 3D Cynicism

By Roy Osherove May 8, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 8, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

_"(Not that databases aren't interesting of course. Nothing beats violating a FK-constraint at 9:00 AM)"_

\[[Frans Bouma](http://dotnetweblogs.com/fbouma/posts/6686.aspx)'s post about C# and OpenGL\]

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