RE: Americas Cup

From: Orr, Steve <sorr_at_rightnow.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:21:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0053505A.20030120122126@fatcity.com>

I understand an Oracle database was running onboad the yacht but... it must not have been tuned well...
or maybe they were using BCHR tuning methods... or maybe there wasn't a good DBA onboard... or maybe the DBA was Larry and he was dependent on using OEM... or maybe it wasn't unbreakable and there were some ora-00600's.  

Actually I watched one of the races on ESPN and the commentators said 1) the skipper made a few tactical errors in desperation because 2) the boat did not perform as well under higher winds. (>15) Maybe the bid wind was sitting on board. ;-) If there had been less wind it would have probably won. FWIW.  

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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 12:50 PM
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Well, Larry Ellison allegedly has MiG 25 which is an interceptor airplane armed to blow other airplanes out of the sky. It doesn't have any weapon system to sink a ship. He should purchase few F-16 and A-10 planes. Those can be used against ships. Speaking of the race, allegedly those GPS navigation systems they use in the modern yachts are running SQL Server. Larry couldn't have won with a software like that.

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Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:05 PM
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Well, I guess now he can use the boat for target practice when he's flying around in his fighter jet...

--Walt Weaver

  Bozeman, Montana

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<mailto:kenneth_r_fowler_at_groton.pfizer.com> ] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:09 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Larry Ellison has spent 95 million (US) attempting to become the challenger to Team New Zealand for the Americas Cup. Unfortunately did not make the grade...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,2204857a6469,00 <http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,2204857a6469,0 0>
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Ken

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