From: fwbrown@bellsouth.net 
  
 Arthur L. Rubin  wrote: 
 > Cara Altman wrote: 
 >> 
 >>                      REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) 
 >>                  unmoderated group comp.databases.etl 
 >> 
 >> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a 
 >> world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup group.name. This is not a 
 >> Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural 
 >> details are below. 
 >> 
 >> Newsgroups line: 
 >> comp.databases.etl      Extraction, transformation, loading issues. 
  
 >> The acronym ETL was questioned. There were some suggestions for 
 >> other names, but none really struck a cord with anyone. Because 
 >> ETL is an industry-standard, it makes sense to use it. 
  
 > Personally, I'd like to see some cites for that.  I still 
 > think it questionable unless most database USERS (not 
 > database DESIGNERS) would have seen the acronym. 
  
 > This is, again, the difference between a "no" and 
 > an "abstain" for me.  You STILL need to find the 
 > 120-140 yes voters somewhere. 
  
 I've been a DBA for over a decade and have been through several migrations 
 between different platforms and/or databases, and have never seen the 
 term "ETL" anyplace but here.  Either comp.databases.data-conversion 
 or comp.databases.data-migration would make much more sense to me. 
 (When I first saw "comp.databases.etl" I thought it referred to some 
 new database vendor called ETL.) 
  
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