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Oracle displaced you from your position? Now we've reached the crux of the
matter.
Van
KeyStroke (Jack L. Swayze Sr.) wrote in message
<36EB43EC.7C707F60_at_Feist.Com>...
>No, I do not have any interest in MS. I hold no MS stock, nor (as it has
been
>suggested) am I shorting Oracle stock. Nor do I work for MS.
>
>I am just being more fair to those who advocate Oracle than those who
advocate
>Oracle were to me. When Oracle came along and displaced me from my
position, no
>one told me that was the way things went in the DBMS world.
>
>But now I can rest assured that I have done my best to give fair warning to
my
>competition, and I can go on and dive into learning MS SQl server 7 without
>guilt that I am doing to those who did to me.
>
>In fairness, have done what is honest and given disclosure of my intentions
to
>my competition. I will now be able watch former Oracle DBAs come into the
shop,
>having to learn MS SQL server 7 and play catch-up with a clear conscience.
>
>Mladen Gogala wrote:
>>
>> This is a typical fearmongering Microsoft propaganda! When they couldn't
>> have spread the good word about their database by using technical
comparison,
>> they are now trying to scare people into buying SQL7.
>
>As I have indicated in earlier posts - it isn't who has the better product.
>
>> Wording and literary style of the above message are very similar to this,
>> and I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the message itself is a
product
>> of some Microsoft related kitchen. My message is: get a better writer,
Mr. G.
Received on Tue Mar 16 1999 - 19:54:19 CST