RE: Shutdown Abort

>From http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/04-2005/msg00809.html :

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> From: Connor McDonald <mcdonald.connor_at_xxxxxxxxx>
> * To: oracle-l_at_xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> * Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:02:34 +0800
> Its the old fear of the word "abort". If Oracle had done the right
> thing from day 1 and named
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> shutdown as "60 minute pause"
> shutdown immediate as "shutdown slow"
> shutdown abort as "shutdown fast"
>
> well, we all know what everyone would be using
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> :-)

Best regards,

Carel-Jan Engel

===
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) ===
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 11:18 -0700, Allen, Brandon wrote:

> I think a lot of people are just scared of the word "abort", no matter
> how you explain it. Perhaps they'd be less resistant if it was changed
> to something less frightening like "shutdown norollback", or "shutdown
> immediate_and_i_really_mean_immediate" :)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Wilton
>
> I am really surprised and disappointed by the wild theoretical
> conjecture that accompanies the steadfast resistance to 'abort'.
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