Re: What do Oracle professionals think of Fabian Pascal?

From: steve <steve_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 07:15:18 +0800
Message-ID: <di4b6602k52@news2.newsguy.com>

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 01:27:39 +0800, DA Morgan wrote (in article <1128446853.42704_at_yasure>):

> fabian pascal wrote:

>> It's quite telling -- and very predictable -- how quickly a discussion
>> on data fundamentals is veered by people who don't know and don't care
>> about fundamentals--read: the vast majority--to a "funny" exchange on
>> hammers and wrenches. It's happened again and again online and it does
>> quite a lot to validate my claims about the state of knowledge and
>> intellect in the industry.
>> 
>> It's only natural.

>
> It is quite telling -- and very predictable -- how quickly someone
> that is a purist and isn't focused on the bottom-line value to an
> organization such as a business entity forgets that software is a
> tool.
>
> Do you criticize those that manufacture hammers because they
> deviate from the original design?
>

You mean that my version .9a rock has an update? Received on Thu Oct 06 2005 - 18:15:18 CDT