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

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:19:12 +0200, Frank <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote:

>Niall Litchfield wrote:
>> "Frank" <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net> wrote in message
>> news:3EAEE64E.7050901_at_netscape.net...
>>
>>>Peter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Bill Gates:
>>>
>>>"If you can't get it to work properly, at least
>>>make it look good".
>>
>>
>> Never said.
>>
>>>"The internet is a hype. Windows will not have internet access"
>>
>>
>> Never said
>>
>>
>>>"640kB is not a barrier, as there will never be any program
>>>requiring more memory than 640kB"
>>
>>
>> Very common quote or variations therof - no-one can quite pin down where or
>> when it was said.
>>
>> There are plenty of arguments for *nix over windows, those based on untruths
>> seem to me unhelpful.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Niall Litchfield
>> Oracle DBA
>> Audit Commission UK
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>
>Should have left out the quotes; I don't know him personally,
>so actually cannot quote - sorry for that.

He said Windows is better than Unix. Did he ever say that? Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 16:36:48 CDT