Re: 10i

Mikito Harakiri wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3ED6BE10.C6F72D90_at_exxesolutions.com...
> > DJ wrote:
> >
> > > My company recently received the 10i beta software. If anyone has some
> > > burning questions they wanna know I will try and find out for you
> >
> > I have a burning question too. And I ask it as one who intentionally
> > refrains from abusive language here.
> >
> > How stupid are you?
> >
> > No doubt your company will now receive a very nice note from Larry's legal
> > team explaining the cost of violating their Beta license and threatening
> > legal action.
> >
> > To which your company will be entirely justified in tossing you out the
> > door for actions equating to an IQ of about room temperature in degrees
> > Celsius.
> >
> > I would strongly advise you to find your way to your management and try
> > sincere apologies and grovelling. Sometimes it works.
>
> Now I begin to understand why people so much in love with open source
> software. Nobody would ridicule, or even worse, sue you for open mind and
> enthusiasm regarding new features exploration.
>
> BTW, somebody told me there are new road signs with penguins on oracle
> campus. Are they embracing open source?-)

Almost all vendors are embracing open source and will do so just as long as it doesn't impact their profitability.

The employees at RedHat love open source. But none of them are quitting their jobs to volunteer for places in the unemployment queue.

This has nothing to do with open source versus proprietary. It has to do with the honoring one's word. And DJ did not get 10i with the understanding that he had no obligations to demonstrate control of his tongue and his fingers. Many people have 10i. A good friend of mine has had it for months. That doesn't mean he has the right to violate the NDA.

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Daniel Morgan
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