Re: Oracle Right or Wrong

Oooo, good point, John.

All you Amiga and Ozborne Experts listen up, as well.

Novell is a good example of a company that had it all locked up. Their product was second to none in the PC world. MS LAN manager was a joke. Nobody could touch 'em.

Now they're obsolete.

On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 22:38:26 GMT, "John Roberts" <jroberts_at_bogus.sprintmail.com> wrote:

>Mike,
>
>You're absolutely right about the bad attitudes of some of the "experts" on
>this NG. What they don't realize is that they are only harming their
>careers. Don't they realize that prospective future employers and clients
>are reading this NG? I work for one of the top tier consultancies and I
>already have a blacklist of names I would never recommend, not because they
>aren't technically competent but rather because of the attitude demonstrated
>on these NG's. Unfortunately, it is common that most "techies" can't make
>the career leap to architect, manager, or consultant because of their
>attitudes.
>
>Insofar as arrogance is concerned, when you've been in this profession as
>long as I, it can be a humbling experience to see all the effort you've
>invested in a particular technology become worthless, not just once, but
>again and again. For example, over my 30+ year career I've counted myself
>as an "expert" in all of the following:
>
>(1) IBM CICS.
>(2) CDC 6600 Assembly Language and the KRONOS operating system.
>(3) Motorola MC6809 Assembly Language.
>(4) IBM IMS/VS.
>(5) COBOL, PL/1, BAL, FORTRAN IV.
>(6)IBM VM370.
>(7) DBase III.
>(9) IBM DB2 for MVS.
>(10) IBM MVS System Programming.
>(11) IBM SNA Networking.
>(12) Novell Netware.
>
>They will come a day when "Oracle DBA" will command about as much respect as
>"UNIVAC Engineer", "Visicalc Expert", "Office Automation Consultant", etc.
>My advice to everyone is to remember this possibility, since in 10 years
>time the newbie you humble on this NG may be in a position to turn the
>tables!
>
>John Roberts
>
>
Received on Tue Oct 08 2002 - 18:27:16 CDT