Re: If you allowed to keep only one book on Oracle - Which book it will be?

From: Mark Strickland <strickland.mark_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:05:14 -0800
Message-ID: <90ad14211002011305k27935dbel9a6c788a59da67bf_at_mail.gmail.com>

Yes, I very much agree about Millsap/Holt. Wish I could go to Hotsos this year. Next year, probably. Main priority for me is to take those two Oracle classes so I can sit for the OCM.

Yes, I very much like the culture of my new company. I'm not working for an operations team with a drinking problem, I'm working for a drinking team with an operations problem! Seriously, though, we only crack open the single-malt on Friday afternoons.

-Mark

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Rich Jesse <rjoralist_at_society.servebeer.com
> wrote:

> Hey Mark,
>
> > I just changed jobs and all of my books are still sitting in my bins at
> > home. I doubt if I will bring them in. Besides the fact that nearly all
> of
> > them are 10g (or older) and that I'm now working exclusively in 11gR2, I
> > have found in the last few years that I rarely open those books.
> Whatever
> > 11gR2 books I buy will stay on a Kindle or iPad or whatever e-reader I
>
> Ditto on the "rarely open" part. However, the one book I regularly do open
> is "Optimizing Oracle Performance" by Millsap/Holt. It's application
> transcends Oracle/databases/IT and I use it to learn/re-learn as well as
> (hopefully) teach.
>
> > decide on. Just like most of you, I have come to rely totally on The
> > Google, Metalink, Oracle-L and alcohol. Of course, Google often takes me
> to
>
> "Often" is the key word. Not all pages are included by Google, as they
> mention in their FAQ:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/goofaq
>
> Every Oracle/IT book I've purchased in the past two years has been in PDF
> format, whether w/DRM or not. Being searchable, (more) portable, and
> cheaper make it a no-brainer for me.
>
> > I have a beer-fridge.
>
> I'm jealous! For some strange reason, it's frowned upon here at my
> workplace.
>
> Rich
>
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