Re: Oracle Right or Wrong

Agreed, Norman.
You get what you pay for. But in this NG, I believe you get a lot more than that in the form of good advice. But it sometimes sounds like a Rush Limbaugh show. Anyone who goes against the popular opinion gets lambasted.

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:16:49 +0100 , Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi Mike,
>
>or to put it bluntly :
>
>"I run a business, I have questions, I need answers. So, I have a
>support contract with Oracle !"
>
> If you hang around on Linux NGs - you get a lot of Linux
>evangelists.
> If you hang around on Microsoft NGs - you get a lot of Microsoft
>evangelists.
> If you hang around on SQLServer NGs - you get a lot of SQLServer
>evangelists.
>
>I'm beginning to see a pattern develop here :o)
>
>So basically, in every section of humanity, there are :
>
> good guys
> bad guys
> helpfull people
> unhelpful people
> wankers
> total wankers
> others
>
>When I was at school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the
>children in any way they could. (Cue Richard)
>There were otheres who couldn't help enough and had patience to stick
>with a problem no matter how long it took the kid to see the light.
>There were those who helped without being derogitory.
>And there were those who were downright nasty.
>
>Bearing in mind than many of the queries posted here can be solved with
>a simple RTFM or a two minute searcgh of Gooigle groups, is it not
>understandable that some people get ratty ?
>Granted, it would be nice if we all had the time to answer every
>question, regardless of how often it has already been posted, but we
>have to earn a living somehow !
>
>Netiquette demands that posters to *any* NG do the following :
>
>RTFM
>RTFFAQ
>Check the archives
>Make sure the poster has enough information to help his helpers
>....
>
>How many times do we see 'I installed Oracle and it doesn't work' type
>questions here ?
>
>
>I like to think of myself as being a helper, but when the same old
>queries come over and over again, and it is plainly obvious that the
>poster has done no work at all, I don't get all shirty and post off a
>flame, I simply ignore the post. Others, in *any* NG I've ever lurked
>on, do the 'Mr Nasty' flaming - some of the best are on Windows.Advocacy
>wherever a troll drops by from the Linux area - or vice versa.
>
>On the other hand, I know I've learned a hell of a lot from the experts
>in this NG, even been flamed from time to time myself - but I try not to
>let that happen too often :o)
>
>
>Cheers,
>Norman.
>
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>Norman Dunbar
>Database/Unix administrator
>Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
>mailto:Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk
>Tel: 0113 289 6265
>Fax: 0113 289 3146
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Received on Wed Oct 09 2002 - 10:53:28 CDT