Re: New books and new authors

From: Richard Stevenson <rstevenson_at_cobblesoft.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 18:48:46 -0500
Message-ID: <001d01c40bb1$3a19c1e0$0201a8c0@Cobble1>

Well put. Unfortunately, it's one of the facts of the hype life we life in in IT.

Original Message ----- From: Mogens Nørgaard To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org Sent: March 16, 2004 18:41 Subject: New books and new authors - and experience?

Friends,

I recently wrote this message, but then sent it just to myself in order not to offend anyone or perhaps be misunderstood.

But after 14 days with this message in my inbox, I have decided to go ahead and send it to the list:

It's becoming a habit to churn out books about topics that cannot possibly have been explored yet. And certainly not in any scientific manner.

How on Earth can we have books out with the word "10g" on the cover when 10g just came out, and we all know, that getting something as basic as OEM (and certainly AWR/ADDM/ASH/Advisor services) to work during the Beta phase has been damned near impossible? If that is the case, how can the books talk in detail about how fantastic these features are? Sandra's last name is...

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Re: New books and new authors - and experience?