Re: Live Free or Die! / Re: OT: Editorial on Corporate use of Open Source Software

well, I'm a data janitor. anyway, the woik keeps the shelves stocked with rhet oracle devices and glittering metaphorical crayons, *and* I get to support the enterprises of my favorite fellows, bill gates and larry ellison. :)
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On 22 May 2001, at 16:00, Jared Still wrote:

To:                     ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com, "Eric D. Pierce" <PierceED_at_csus.edu>
Date sent:              Tue, 22 May 2001 16:00:44 -0700

>
> And now Eric, for our edification, exactly why are you a DBA? :)
>
> Jared
>
>
> On Tuesday 22 May 2001 11:25, Eric D. Pierce wrote:
> > Jared,
> >
> > Well, OSS certainly has its problems (some promoters have resorted to
> > stooping almost to the same level as MS marketing?:
> > http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/metcalfe/990726bm.htm
> > ), but there is something larger going on that I find fascinating.
>
> ...

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