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Re: ORACLE RAC CRASHES ORBITZ

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 13:43:24 -0700
Message-ID: <3F258AEC.B6A5CDA0@exxesolutions.com>


Mark A wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3F254155.A76B8666_at_exxesolutions.com...
> >
> > What a blivet.
> >
> > In an environment as complex as Orbitz's a crash could be caused by many
> things.
> > Hardware, operating systems, networks, routers, hubs, databases, tools,
> etc.
> > etc. etc. right down to a poorly run code review on some internally
> generated
> > program or a DBA or SysAdmin that made an innocent mistake.
> >
> > But you are so knee-jerk negative toward Larry, who I doubt has ever taken
> a
> > single dollar from your pocket, you jump to a conclusion the size of Mt.
> > Everest. Give it a break.
> >
> > As Freud once said ... "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
> >
> > Do the universe a favor. Wait for the facts to come out: They will. Then
> comment
> > on the facts. If they demonstrate Oracle was responsible so what. Has DB2
> never
> > been responsible for a crash? Informix? Sybase? A 'C' compiler?
> > --
> > Daniel Morgan
>
> You call him Larry? I guess you and "Larry" are buds?

Got about as much use for him as I do for Bill. Neither one has me on their payroll. The Larry reference was just repeating the statement from the OP.

"... even if Larry ..."

Keep in mind I worked in DB2 long before Oracle. And even today move back and forth between RDBMS products for what I do. Even Teradata which, in some respects, is the best of them all.

--
Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Mon Jul 28 2003 - 15:43:24 CDT

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