Re: Is Oracle the worst-documented product of all time?

On Wed, 09 Jul 1997 11:19:51 +0100, Steve Phelan <stevep_at_no-spam.pmcgettigan.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Andreas Dunker wrote:
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>> That's the point! Support and Training is very good. That means:
>> You buy a database for several thousand Dollars. And then you
>> have to pay an extra amount, so that you can use the database.
>> I've worked for several years with Informix. You can use it
>> without an extra training - even if you are a beginner - with
>> just the shipped manuals. But this is nearly impossible with
>> Oracle.
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>Thank goodness you are not working for my company (well, thankfully I
>own it, and you wouldn't have got past the interview with this sort of
>attitude...)
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I _have_ a job with this sort of attitude :-)

>Look, to get back to what we've been trying to tell you: Oracle is a
>large and sophisticated product, so get some training and/or some
>consultancy - it really won't kill you, take my word for it - and buy
>the Oracle Press books (if you REALLY want to LEARN, that is?)
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Yes, of course, it's a large product. But that doesn't mean, that I don't want to learn and get some training. But why should I _buy_ other books, if there could be a documentation to work with? There are other large products which have such a documentation? (Or is Informix no large product? We don't talk about dBase)

>Your one months experience of Oracle on your own with just the Oracle
>Documentation CD ROM and no hardcopy manuals IS NOT ENOUGH ALONE for you
>to be undertaking what you seem to be undertaking, an 'award winning
>software developer' (your words, not mine) or not.

No, not my words!

>Now, which bit didn't you understand?
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>Steve Phelan.
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>Ps.
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>I'm an Oracle consultant. Do you want my C.V. and availability? :-)
>

 No :-)
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Andreas Dunker                    2B || ! 2B
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