Re: Are there any Oracle bloggers out there?

Joel

You're probably right that your average Oracle DBA is more comfortable using Usenet and Unix than a web browser and web publishing tools. However, it's worth noting that Microsoft have taken a conscious decision to get their tech staff writing blogs, entering into a dialog with their customers and developers and putting across the company's 'human side'.

It just seems a shame to me that there isn't an equivalent community out there, blogging about working with Oracle technology. I've worked with Oracle tools for around seven years now and I wouldn't work with anything else, however as we all know, they can be a pain as well. I'm starting to think that perhaps the reason there's no blogging community out there is for two reasons; one, Oracle DBAs and Developers are less predisposed to use new tools and technology such as blogging tools, and secondly, there isn't that same excitement about the Oracle tools and products.

Or maybe i'm wrong?

"Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message news:91884734.0306171602.6ef07a1d_at_posting.google.com...
> "Mark Rittman" <markrittman_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:<3eef14b8$0$7761$fa0fcedb_at_lovejoy.zen.co.uk>...
> > Why are there no blogs written by Oracle employees or Developers?
> >
> > When my blog together (www.rittman.net/blog.htm) together I had a look
> > around blogger.com and technorati.com to see if anyone else was blogging
on
> > working at Oracle, or developing using Oracle tools. So far i've found
> > virtually nothing. There's many, many Microsoft blogs around, the best
of
> > which, 'Better Living Through Software', 'Gav's Ramble', 'Addicted To
> > Digital Media', 'Eric Rudder's Blog' and 'JimmyGrewal.com' I read every
day
> > even though I don't do much development using Microsoft software.
> >
> > Microsoft seem to have an enlighted attitude to blogging and their
people
> > come across as having a geniune passion for the technology. It's
> > dissappointing that there isn't a similar Oracle blogging community out
> > there; I've posted this message to see if there are any other Oracle
> > bloggers out there; let me know if you've got one and we can
'cross-link'.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Mark Rittman
> > mark_at_rittman.org
>
> Maybe blogging is just self-absorbed drivel and Oracle people are more
> interested in communicating and solving problems? Or maybe Oracle is
> just too much work to allow time for blogging? Or maybe bloggers are
> Mac or MS-centric people and Oracle people understand multiuser issues
> on a higher level? Or maybe people just can't stand black letters on
> a white background?
>
> (Please understand that I don't like most BB software that the Oracle
> discussion boards use either. If it were up to me, we'd all be
> posting with line mode unix newsreaders).
>
> jg
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Received on Wed Jun 18 2003 - 01:49:02 CDT