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

On Jul 29, 3:57 am, Jim Smith <usene..._at_ponder-stibbons.com> wrote:
> In message <1185652048.479588.4..._at_o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Barry
> Bulsara <bbulsar..._at_hotmail.com> writes
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> >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.
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> >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.
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> >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.
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> >Ideas anyone.
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> >Thank you
> >Barry
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> To avoid doubt, you should define your own terms at the beginning of the
> document and be pedantic about using them.
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> In this document
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> *Oracle Database* means oracle main database product.
> *Oracle* means oracle corporation
> *Oracle TimesTen" ...
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> Jim Smith
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I agree with Jim, just list the full product name once at the beginning with a statement like here after referred to as Oracle database, and then use the shortened term.

HTH -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Sun Jul 29 2007 - 19:25:53 CDT