Re: Make RAS work and Larry will give you a million bucks - GUARANTEED

Now come on, tell us what you *really* feel about this.

Seriously, you have my every sympathy. This kind of experience is almost routine when dealing with, say, installing new ISP software on a PC, but you're entitled to expect better of Oracle.

In my view, software is just getting too complicated.

Good luck

Glenn

In article <01c04d7c$2e5ffd20$109412cb_at_dragon>,   "Joseph Kramar" <j-kramar7_at_nospammers-ar.com.au> wrote:
> Here is the easiest way to make a cool million....be
> the first to fix my computer that Oracle FUCKED up,
> then write to Larry to claim your million...couldn't be
> simpler.
>
> I installed Oracle 8i Enterprise 8.1.5 on my Windows
> NT. This came with "Oracle 8i for Windows NT
> Starter Kit" by Oracle Press. Following the instructions
> in that book, this installs the Oracle 8i server, Net8,
> and a starter database. So now I can use Oracle, use
> SQL*Plus, use ODBC on the same machine to talk
> to Oracle, etc. All apparently ok.
>
> Except that Dial-up Networking / Remote Access
> Services (RAS) no longer work - I can no longer dial
> out to the internet or anyone else! When double-clicking
> Dial-Up Networking, it gives
> "Cannot load the Remote Access Connection Manager
> service. Error 711: RasMan initialization failure.
> Check the event log."
>
> The NT event log shows two events:
> 1) Event ID: 20032.
> Remote Access Connection Manager failed to start
> because it could not load one or more communication
> DLLs. Ensure that your communication hardware is
> installed and then restart the computer. If the problem
> persists, reinstall the Remote Access Service.
> 2) Event ID: 7024
> The Remote Access Connection Manager service
> terminated with service-specific error 615.
>
> I've set Oracle to start manually instead of automatically,
> but it makes little difference: Dial-Up Networking won't
> work, whether or not any Oracle service is running.
>
> I tried reinstalling RAS as it suggested above (in
> Control Panel,. Network icon). Unfortunately when it
> gets to the part where it tries to detect the modem, it
> doesn't find it. It pretends it's not there.
>
> This is 100% an Oracle problem. I've had my computer
> working fine for ages until now, and it's the installation
> of Oracle that has now screwed it up.
>
> Sybase didn't do that. Sybase worked. Sybase doesn't
> FUCK up your computer when you install it. Sybase
> also doesn't take 2 hours to install.
>
> NT should be detecting the modem automatically. It
> didn't need any "modem drivers" (not for NT, anyway)
> before, and I don't have any for NT anyway (only Win95).
>
> No, I'm not going install any "latest service pack" to
> wreck my computer further. I don't need it. ORACLE
> wrecked my computer. Now ORACLE will pay out its
> million dollars, because this is CONCRETE PROOF
> that its product is inferior to Sybase.
>
> Larry would do well to concentrate on making its only
> product - the database - work properly instead of
> worrtying about "diversifying" or searching through
> other peoples' rubbish. Oracle is not an
> e-business company. It is not an ASP company.
> It is not a "suites" or "hosting servers" company.
> It is a database company, period. Nothing more.
> Microsoft is a diversified company. Oracle is not.
> Ellison will never, EVER, be better than Bill Gates.
>
> Go on, I challenge someone to get my computer
> working again.
>
> (By the way, if I ever catch that person who was
> responsible for that animated fire alarm icon that pops
> up whenever the Oracle installer encounters a problem,
> there will be mass destruction.
> )
>
>

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Before you buy. Received on Mon Nov 13 2000 - 10:44:26 CST