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Re: Getting an Answer Is One Thing, Learning Is Another

From: Mike Ault <mikerault_at_earthlink.net>
Date: 9 Aug 2002 11:17:00 -0700
Message-ID: <37fab3ab.0208091016.3c3892a0@posting.google.com>


Thanks for the honorable mention Daniel!

Mike
Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3D503CE3.29B43137_at_exesolutions.com>...
> Martin Doherty wrote:
>
> > In response to your eWeek article of July 29:
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,427037,00.asp
> >
> > I am filled with admiration for the cadre of Oracle experts who are
> > regular contributors to the comp.databases.oracle.* newsgroups (Daniel
> > Morgan, Richard Foote, Howard J. Rogers, Sybrand Bakker, Peter Sharman,
> > Niall Litchfield, Norman Dunbar and others). Daily, these selfless
> > individuals freely donate their time and the benefits of their knowledge
> > and experiences, without pecuniary reward and with only the occasional
> > word of praise.
> >
> > Most of the questions appearing on the newsgroup are of the type
> > described in your article, and they are usually answered (cheerfully,
> > sarcastically or brutally) with either the specific information
> > requested or an admonition to consult the Oracle documentation, but
> > often with the important rider added: "Tell us what it is that you are
> > trying to accomplish, and we can advise you on the best techniques to
> > use, and why". Not only that, but they are always striving to expand the
> > fundamental knowledge of all questioners, to better equip them to solve
> > their own problems in future, and to eliminate the damaging assumptions
> > and myths which so often dominate our choices in a landscape of
> > unmanageable complexity.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Martin Doherty
>
> Thank you. And, in addition to those in your list, I would like to add Tom
> Kyte, Mike Ault, and Jonathan Lewis who have contributed so much to these
> c.d.o. usenet groups and to my education.
>
> Daniel Morgan
Received on Fri Aug 09 2002 - 13:17:00 CDT

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