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Re: LOT (Little OT): Interesting Oracle related URL's.

From: Rachel Carmichael <carmichr_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:48:10 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003218B9.20010607172055@fatcity.com>

Tavo,

I don't object to someone listing a link to an authorized copy of the paper on the net, just that they downloaded the paper without permission and posted it on their site

Rachel

>From: "Luis DeUrioste" <luis_deurioste_at_rac.ray.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: LOT (Little OT): Interesting Oracle related URL's.
>Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 14:55:59 -0800
>
>Authors, and List,
>
>I do agree that it is wrong to post papers without permissions etc. etc.,
>but lets not be so harsh. I come from a Third world country (BOLIVIA)
>where getting up to-date Literature is almost impossible, most all
>documentation that people work with is obsolete, and this people heavily
>rely on papers posted somewhere. As far as books you could forget it, the
>cost of a book here is around $50.oo (101) series that is about 1/3 of
>their monthly salary. Some of the people that are benefited from this
>"Piracy" are college students that one day may become the next GAJA ,
>RACHEL, or KEVIN. Lets remember that the NET's intent was to ease the
>sharing of information. Please, please lets not be to harsh on the people
>that post this materials, but lets ask them to give all the credit to the
>authors and if possible try to get their permission.
>
>We are lucky to live in a Country where we can afford to pay for this
>materials or to pay for conferences etc. other nations are not so lucky.
>
>I just had to let it out.
>
>Sorry
>Regardless
>
>Friend 4 ever
>
>Tavo
>
>Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve and list,
> >
> > While we are on the subject, I found my RAID paper on
> > multiple sites including this site :
> > http://www.vampired.net/articles/php/concepts.php and
> > I know for a fact that no one has gotten permission
> > from me or IOUG-A, in this regard. Does this not
> > mirror what is done on Marin's site?
> >
> > Gaja
> >
> > --- Steve Adams <steve.adams_at_ixora.com.au> wrote:
> > > Hi Rachel and list,
> > >
> > > The person responsible for that site is Marin
> > > Dimitrov [mailto:marin_at_sirma.bg].
> > > Almost all the papers there are illegal copies
> > > (including one of mine). I once
> > > asked Marin to explain himself on the matter. His
> > > explanation was that the
> > > collection was for his personal use only. At the
> > > time, he removed the index to
> > > make the collection largely invisible to the rest of
> > > the net, but it appears to
> > > have come back! It can also be seen at
> > > http://harbinger.sirma.bg/Oracle/ and an
> > > older version is mirrored at
> > >
> > http://www.itsystems.lv/gints/files/oracle/oracle.htm.
> > >
> > > I have copied Marin (and the person responsible for
> > > the mirror site) on this
> > > mail. Hopefully they will at least remove the
> > > indexes again, but I would prefer
> > > the papers to disappear too. Maybe if others add
> > > their votes to Rachel's and
> > > mine they'll take the stuff down. Bulgaria and
> > > Latvia may be immune to
> > > international copyright law, but individuals are
> > > seldom immune to community
> > > disapprobation.
> > >
> > > @ Regards,
> > > @ Steve Adams
> > > @ http://www.ixora.com.au/
> > > @ http://www.christianity.net.au/
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Friday, 8 June 2001 3:01
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > > I hate to be a spoilsport -- but this link (actually
> > > the fact that the paper
> > > is on his site) bothers me...
> > >
> > > "DBA101: A Refresher Course"
> > > http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N092_dba.doc
> > >
> > > Neither Marlene nor I gave permission for this paper
> > > (which is copyrighted)
> > > to be posted there. Of course, he is not in the US,
> > > so the fact that this is
> > > illegal doesn't count.
> > >
> > > For what it's worth: it is only legal in the US to
> > > post a link to a legal
> > > copy of this sort of information. It is NOT legal to
> > > post copyrighted
> > > information without the express permission of the
> > > copyright holder.
> > >
> > > Having said that, I would have gladly sent a copy of
> > > the paper to anyone who
> > > asked or given permission to post it. But I would
> > > prefer to be ASKED.
> > >
> > > And Mark -- www.oracle-users.com now points you to
> > > the NY user group web
> > > page, as the company (Oracle User Resources) that
> > > sponsored it and the ECO
> > > conference, does not exist anymore.
> > >
> > > Rachel
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Mark Leith" <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk>
> > > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > >Subject: RE: LOT (Little OT): Interesting Oracle
> > > related URL's.
> > > >Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 06:41:43 -0800
> > > >
> > > >Thanks for your input guys - a great help! I had a
> > > few already - namely the
> > > >"Guru's of the list" (That reminds me of a film
> > > title in a way :) But there
> > > >were a few I didn't have. Here is my list so far..
> > > >
> > > >IXOra.com (Steve Adam's Site)
> > > >http://ixora.com.au/
> > > >
> > > >Oracle Technet
> > > >http://technet.oracle.com
> > > >
> > > >OraPub (Craig Shallahamer's Website)
> > > >www.orapub.com
> > > >
> > > >DBA Support
> > > >http://www.dbasupport.com/
> > > >
> > > >Thomas Kyte's Website
> > > >http://osi.oracle.com/~tkyte/
> > > >
> > > >Connor McDonald's Web Site
> > > >http://www.oracledba.co.uk/
> > > >
> > > >Hotsos (Cary Millsap's Site)
> > > >www.hotsos.com
> > > >
> > > >Jared Still's Website
> > >
> > >http://www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util/util_master.html
> > > >
> > > >Thomas Cox's Website
> > > >http://www.geocities.com/tbcox23/
> > > >
> > > >Evergreen Database Technologies
> > > >http://www.evdbt.com/
> > > >
> > > >OraBugFinder
> > >
> > >http://www.unal-bilisim.com/products/iorabugfinder/iorabugfinder.html
> > > >
> > > >Vampire D's Oracle Den (Christopher R. Spence's
> > > Site)
> > > >www.vampired.net
> > > >
> > > >Johnathan Lewis's excellent site
> > > >http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
> > > >
> > > >Lazy DBA
> > > >www.lazydba.com
> > > >
> > > >DBA Village
> > > >www.dba-village.com
> > > >
> > > >UK Oracle Users Group
> > > >www.ukoug.co.uk
> > > >
> > > >K Gopalakrishnan's site
> > > >http://www.geocities.com/kgkrish
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oraclenotes.com/
> > > >
> > > >http://www.orafaq.org
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oracle-dba.com
> > > >
> > > >http://www.orafans.com
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oracle-users.com
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oracleguru.com
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oramag.com/
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oraperf.com/
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oraxcel.com
> > > >
> > > >----PAPERS-----
> > > >
> > > >"Oracle Performance and Tuning: Overview"
> > >
> > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N014_p%26t_overview.pdf
> > > >
> > > >"Performance Tuning - Now You are the V8 Expert"
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N023_tun_all.doc
> > > >
> > > >"Identifying Resource Intensive SQL in a production
> > > environment" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N026_tuning2.pdf
> > > >
> > > >"Database Tuning Methodology" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N027_DB_Tune.doc
> > > >
> > > >"SQL Tuning for the Oracle DBA" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N050_tuning.pdf
> > > >
> > > >"Practical Tuning Advice for the Oracle8 DBA" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N064_tuning.pdf
> > > >
> > > >"Finding the Performance Bottlenecks in Your
> > > Application" -
> > >
> > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N067_performance.pdf
> > > >
> > > >"Inside the Oracle Cost Based Optimizer" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N080_optimizer.doc
> > > >
> > > >"Seven Deadly SQL Traps and How to Avoid Them" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N082_tuning.doc
> > > >
> > > >"Secrets of SQL and Application Tuning" -
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N108_tuning.doc
> > > >
> > > >"Oracle DBA Checklist"
> > >
> > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N008_dba_checklist.pdf
> > > >
> > > >"DBA101: A Refresher Course"
> > > >http://pillango.sirma.bg/oracle/N092_dba.doc
> > > >
> > > >Thomas Cox's DBA Checklist.
> > >
> > >http://www.geocities.com/tbcox23/dba_checklist13.doc
> > > >
> > >
> > === message truncated ===
> >
> > =====
> > Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha
> > Director, Storage Management Products,
> > Quest Software, Inc.
> > Co-author - Oracle Performance Tuning 101
> >
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