Re: 9i doc testimonials?

John,
 The "9i doc enhancements" are fine, but I wish they would not try to jump to Tahiti quite so much when the actual information I'm looking for is held locally on CD or disk, especially when I try a search.

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However, Oracle is one of the richest companies in the word, your man Larry flaunts it.
So, where are the "real" Oracle manuals? I prefer hardcopy, my O7 & O8 manuals are dog-eared and overwritten by my own notes. For a company like Oracle to save a few pennies by not sending manuals out with their product is mean. Expecting users to pay "extra" pennies for the manuals over and above the software support and update fees doesn't enhance your company's name here matey.
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A lot of folks, well I do anyway, carry a laptop with no available internet connections.
The laptop being used for notes and manuals etc; I therefore would like you to consider tailoring your notes/manuals to a stand alone machine.

George Barbour.
Edinburgh.

"John Russell" <netnews_at_johnrussell.mailshell.com> wrote in message news:2pteuto7t0uat28f415o4t2r59i4ua729t_at_4ax.com...
> In Oracle9i, we did a makeover for the online database docs that you
> can see at http://tahiti.oracle.com. (With similar changes retrofit
> for the 8i docs, available at the same site.)
>
> For this year's OOW, we'll have a demo at the campground and would
> like to get some feedback from customers who have seen some benefit
> from the 9i doc enhancements -- learned about new features, found
> information through the search engine, saved time from redesigned
> features like the list of books or new features like the SQL / PL/SQL
> / SQL*Plus combined reference, and so on.
>
> If you have had positive experiences such as these [specifically with
> the 9i docs] and wouldn't mind being quoted, please drop me a line at
> john.russell @ oracle.com.
>
> Thanks,
> John
Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 03:55:39 CST