Re: ORACLE RAC CRASHES ORBITZ

Daniel Morgan wrote:

> Blair Adamache wrote:
>

>> It's possible that DB2, Informix, Sybase and 'C' compilers have all
>> caused crashes. Never heard of a C compiler crash that interrupted
>> production and got the same level of coverage as Orbitz did in eWeek and
>> Computerworld. I guess when you buy the back page of the Economist and
>> Businessweek and use the word "Unbreakable", you attract a little more
>> attention - the same way a blivet attracts flies.
>>
>> <snipped>

I think the point is much more simple than you want to admit:

• Oracle advertises "unbreakable".
• (It is claimed that) Oracle broke.

All I can say is that I hope that Oracle execs (who must have approved of the "unbreakable" campaign) have lots of seasoning to add taste to their feet.

> I thought we were involved in technology not marketing hyperbole. Leave
> the P/R nonsense to the weasels. Yep Oracle put out the phrase
> "Unbreakable". P&G put out the phrase "Whiter and brighter"? That's what
> they pay people in marketing to do in lieu
> of having real jobs. Or don't you remember when someone got paid a lot of
> money to add UDB to DB2? So why do you go after one and not the other?

1. I've not heard of anyone saying, "Here's some data that can't be stored in the Universal database."
2. I've not heard anyone claim that DB2 is the only "universal" database.