[was]: Oracle 8i or 9i ???

Just speaking for myself (and hopefully for some others) let me say, that I REALLY appreciate VERY MUCH the input from

• you Oracle emps and
• in the same degree, the NOT (Oracle emps)

This newsgroup has become my main source for "illumination" just by lurking and from time to time providing my 2cts, in trying to give back a bit what I got.

again, thank you very much to EVERYONE participating in this and all related newsgroups.

On 27 Apr 2002 13:53:50 -0700, Pete Sharman <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote:

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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.
>

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regards
Marc Blum
mailto:marc_at_marcblum.de
http://www.marcblum.de Received on Sun Apr 28 2002 - 03:16:53 CDT