Re: Oracle 10G new features preview

Jitendra Patel wrote:

>>I hope you plan to apologise to Rob Freeman, if there
>>was any training involved between the two you mention,
>>I'd bet that most of it went the other way. (Come to think
>>of it, I believe the handout at IOUG-A for "Rich Niemiec's"
>>performance tuning book pointed out that most of the
>>chapter we saw had been written by Rob Freeman).
>>
>>
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>Yes I will if I ever get to meet him.
>
>Humble apologies, as I did not no this.
>
>So why does Oracle choose Nimeic to write the book?
>
>"Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation"
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>(quoting from back cover of book)
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>I thought "Officially Authorized" means it is the final word on subject?
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>Does Oracle not no this?
>
>

Same reason they asked me to write a book. Same reason they've asked a lot of people to write books. Because
they are looking for good authors.

But I can point you to every single book on Oracle Developer Forms and Reports and tell you without qualification that they are all nearly worthless: Some completely worthless unless used in the furnace. And on my bookshelf I have almost every one of them ever written. That one writes a book does not confer on them any special status nor should it. That one is asked to write a book even less though I do hope to get one published if I ever find the time to finish write.

What you have done with your unhelpful, nonresposive, abusive and insulting postings is to smear more mud on TUSC than could be done by any of its more vocal detractors. Your postings remind me of a quote from William Penn that dates back more than 200 years.

"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of it opposers."

     -from Fruits of Solitude

So if you have nothing more to contribute here than to defend TUSC and you have, as it appears, no real knowledge of Oracle ... why don't you take one of those highly touted classes and demonstrate the value of the product. Right now, were I in TUSC management, I would call you into my office and tell you to either educate yourself and become a contributor, shut up, or get another job.

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