[avitzurel]

I realize my comment hit a sensitive spot but it's really not meant to be negative.

It is 100% legit to give that up, it is 100% legit to go with the clear winner in your mind (it is the same in my mind too), but the technical reasoning is weak IMHO.

if you wanted to support both, you can, but you clearly don't (and that's ok too).

[benatkin]

Or they want to use that talent elsewhere.

It's great that the simplicity argument doesn't really apply. It's a testament to developers getting better at programming in the large over the years. The database layer can be neatly abstracted away from the business rules.