Re: Humor in Oracle Docs on OTN/Metalink... :-)

Mr.Sybrand Bakker,

1. Please learn to be polite on usenet to others
2. Your help in these forums is appreciated. Your politeness will be even more appreciated.
3. Learn to take a joke
4. Dont be hostile to newcomers.

I have installed Oracle and found it excellent.While i agree with you that Oracle software is quite bugfree and reading docs are a must, I strongly disagree you flaming Han.
I dont think Han meant any disrespect to Oracle or its products.

"James Alexander Starritt" <james_at_jamesstarritt.com> wrote in message news:<9mp1em$3h2d2$1_at_ID-68406.news.dfncis.de>...
> My respect for you just dropped into the ground ... there is no need for the
> hostility
>
> --
>
> James Starritt
>
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
> news:toucnfoq3eg10_at_news.demon.nl...
> >
> > "Han Thomas" <han_at_royal.net> wrote in message
> > news:1ettotog8q8h2oh8on90deaogt207n95g9_at_4ax.com...
> > >
> > > How about this one, one of the many many MANY documents on how to get
> 9iAS
> > > working:
> > >
> > > " Note: Do not specify TYPICAL as your installation type; if you do
> > > so, the installation will not work. "
> > >
> > > How true. :-) "Typically", Oracle installations don't work. (For the
> first
> > > week of sleepless nights or so anyway)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Han.
> >
> > If you would have advised to file the Oracle remark as a 'documentation
> bug'
> > this would have been funny.
> > However, as your second remark usually applies to users just hacking away
> to
> > install the product, without ever reading any docs, it needs to be
> > considered as hostile and insulting.
> > If you think Oracle products are lacking in quality, call Support (or
> didn't
> > you buy a support contract) or stick to sqlserver, postgres, or mysql, or
> > any other toys, which are recommended in these groups more than once.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
Received on Sat Sep 01 2001 - 04:44:29 CDT