Re: Are Oracle GUIs causing a decline in DBA salaries?

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:19:37 GMT, Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com> wrote:

>pharfromhome_at_hotmail.com said...
>> Has anyone noticed that the Oracle GUI tools and wizards are making it
>> far too easy to be an Oracle DBA?
>>
>> Just for fun, I asked my 9-year-old daughter to install Oracle9i on a
>> PC, and she was successful without a word of assistance from me. (BTW,
>> she though it was "real boring")
>>
>> Anyhow, I hear that the next OEM is going to be so easy that even an
>> MSCE will be able to do Oracle DBA work, and I'm worried.
>>
>> How will us Oracle DBAs be able to justify our salaries once Oracle
>> becomes as easy to use as MS-Access?
>>
>It's a good thing you had her do it on Windows instead of Linux or Unix!

Is MS Windows taking over Linux and Unix? People say MS Windows will continue to do better and better technologically, overtaking Unix, therefore graphical interface will be more important.

>It's a good thing you didn't ask her to install Oracle9iDS.
>
>Installing is the "easy" part ... but you do have a point. Personally,
>I'm glad Oracle makes the "drudge" jobs a bit easier. I like OEM.
>
>I'm more concerned about Open Source databases stealing away a big chunk
>of Oracle's customers, leaving a lot of Oracle DBAs pounding the
>pavement, looking for a job. How many companies will look at the price
>of Oracle versus MySQL and ask "Do we *really* need all that power?"
>
>MS Access will rule the low-end and Oracle/SQLServer will rule the high-
>end and MySQL will yank away the middle layer. Uh-huh. And pigs will
>fly.
Received on Mon Apr 28 2003 - 17:06:44 CDT