Re: Oracle 8i or 9i ???

Excellent response, very well thought-out and honest.

Cheers,

Bricklen

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> I can't answer for Howard, Tom and Rick, but I try to walk a very fine line in
> this newsgroup. If there are questions that arise that could use 9i
> functionality to address them, then I recommend that 9i functionality. That's
> always provided, of course, that I read enough of the question to realize 9i
> could help out - I don't read every posting in great detail. If there's a
> posting that specifically is asking about 9i, then I try to answer it if I can.
> Tom's area of specialization matches a lot of what I can't answer, which makes a
> good coverage overall. Rick specializes in the security area and seems to
> concentrate on that. Both Howard and I come from the DBA side, with my area of
> expertise being HA. Howard seems to specialize in just about eveyrthing. ;)
>
> The main thing that I try NOT to do (and I suspect the others have a similar
> viewpoint) is to talk marketing speak. If we do something like that, huess what
> would happen? You guys and gals would immediately say "They're from Oracle.
> They're just trying to push Oracle rather than answer the question."
> We're trying to add technical value. We're not trying to sell you on something.
> It's not that we don't have "the guts to promote Oracle9i more". 9i to me is a
> great product that I don't believe our competition can match, but if I try to
> sell that to you, it would be ignored. That's why I simply try to answer
> questions from a technical perspective. If that means people thing I lack guts,
> so be it.
>
> Pete

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