Re: Usage of the database "Oracle" vs. company "Oracle"

In message <1185652048.479588.4000_at_o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Barry Bulsara <bbulsara23_at_hotmail.com> writes
>
>Hi, I am writing a document and normally I wouldn't give a second
>thought to saying such and such will run using a database such as
>Oracle.
>
>It occurred to me that Oracle is the name of the company, and that an
>Oracle database doesn't differentiate between what you and I think of
>daily as Oracle (eg. 9i, 10g, or "launched" but not "released" 11g),
>and Oracle Times Ten or Oracle Database Lite or Oracle Berkeley DB or
>some other database Oracle provides that I have forgotton about.
>
>Does just shorthand "Oracle" still refer to say 10g. I don't want to
>write Oracle 10g because then I am specifying a version which opens a
>can of worms elsewhere.
>
>Ideas anyone.
>
>Thank you
>Barry
>

To avoid doubt, you should define your own terms at the beginning of the document and be pedantic about using them.

e.g.

In this document

*Oracle Database* means oracle main database product.
*Oracle* means oracle corporation
*Oracle TimesTen" ...

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Jim Smith
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