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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re: How to deal with the giant Oracle
My peripheral vision is getting worse with age, especially when
moving at high speed, but didn't Oracle just come out with a huge
marketing effort stating that Oracle saved $1billion/year by changing
over to eCommerce using its own software/solutions? How is Oracle
going to successfully market its software/solutions to the corporate
world unless it makes its existing customers "eat the dog food"
first? :)
Anyway, I hate to say it, but Metalink can actually be better than talking to tech support people sometimes. Just takes some getting used to.
regards,
ep
On 16 Nov 2000, at 12:42, Wang, Linda wrote:
Date sent: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:42:02 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> From: "Wang, Linda" <lwang_at_messagemedia.com> Subject: How to deal with the giant Oracle
> There have been several experiences that it is very difficult to have
> the giant Oracle corporation pay attention to the small company's DBAs.
>
> Oracle case 1:
> Recently, Oracle has changed the Technical support service policy to
> let only non-technical personnel pick up the phones.
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