Re: Tom Kyte a false idol?

Geomancer wrote:

>Umm, I'm realy confused by this Gog-like worship of Tom Kyte.
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>To me, "Tom Kyte" is the name of a product, a figurehead for a huge
>corporate marketing machine, and it strikes me a ludicrous that a
>group of intelligent people would not be aware of this.
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>Some folks feel that "Tom Kyte" is just another Oracle marketing tool,
>and no more real than Santa Claus.
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>I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but I like the self-made experts. .
>. .
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You deserve it too. Criticizing someone that you've probably never met, certainly never engaged in a technical discussion, and definitely have never been on the phone or exchanged emails with when confronting a very nasty technical problem. Tom helped me solve an extremely difficult problem for AT&T Wireless that was beyond the scope of expertise available anywhere else.

I would suggest an apology is in order unless you have some reason to believe he's just an empty hat. And if you believe that ... put it into print in a forum where it is on-topic. I'd suggest alt.test.

But I would not call my feeling about Tom or anyone or anything else worship. It is called earned respect.

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