Re: Where is Oracle’s Grid ?

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:<3ff18924$0$18748$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
>
> But if someone tells me that in order to carry ANYTHING in that
> Ford truck it has to obey Ford's packaging dimension, weight, quantity
> and shape specifications or else it just won't fit, I'll be seriously
> worried about Ford!
>
> Besides, I prefer GM. Ford to me is an acronym for "Failed On Race Day".
> <EG,d&r>

Funny thing is, the subsidiary of GM that makes train and boat engines, which power container shipping, which must obey packaging dimension, weight, quantity
and shape specifications! :-)

I pretend to be brand-slanted when, say, writing newsletters for Corvette junkies, but to be honest, I've had fast Fords and GM products and liked them all! What cracks me up are the people who think their GM-powered Cobra replicas are better than Ford powered ones! :-)

> > It isn't Oracle's responsibility. I think the root of this entire thread
> > is that you'd rather complain about that which you can not change rather
> > than change the things you can.
>
> Of course not.

I tend to do both. Sometimes complaining works.

>
>
> > Were I in your shoes, and I've been
> > there a few times
> > 1. Update my resume
>
> Old hat. Done that many, many times.
>
> > 2. Find a job where I had the control I desired
>
> That job doesn't exist anymore in sufficient quantity.
> Nice, but too few.

We're all control freaks here! :-)

>
>
> All you can do nowadays is:
>
>
> a) Find a job in a software maker or services company and make the
> best you can of the skill set you're ALLOWED to use WITHIN the
> constraints of the project(s) you may be involved in,
>
> or
>
> b) Find a job in an outsourcing provider that is not sold out
> to 3rd world countries. Preferably in middle management
> so you can pas the blame to everyone except top management,

Oh man, pass the Dilbert.

>
> or
>
> c) Declare yourself an "expert" through publication of a wad
> of books, start your own little show and hope there are sufficient
> suckers out there ready to believe your stuff. It helps if you
> have some Oracle insiders pushing your apple-cart. I wonder
> what their motivation could be...,
>
> or
>
> d) Find a teaching position that gives you access and time to play
> with new features. Which gives you a background on "play", but
> not much on "use". Not bad, though. And a LOT of fun.
>
>
>
>
> Which brings us back to what IT was 20 years ago.
> Full circle.
>
> Cynical moah? Yes, sure. And also been there done that. More
> times than any Oracle market person will ever be able to
> comprehend.
>
>
> > And that is exactly why I am doing what I am doing and enjoying every
> > minute of it.
>
>
> I'm glad you did it. I took a slightly different approach:
> a) above. It works. They used to be called "software houses", when
> you and I were cutting our teeth in this IT thing. They are still
> around and for my money provide the best environment for anyone who
> wants to stay technical and with a finger on the pulse in the next
> 8 years. 4 of which have already gone.
>
> After that? Well, you'll have to pay to find out what I think
> will happen then. Or wait here. ;)

Tell us! Tell us! Tell us your vision! Tell-a-vision! Television, television, television! :-)

>
>
> > And yes I know the market is rotten and that in Oz it may be worse than
> > other places. But there are jobs to be had for those that have the
> > skills and put in the effort.
>
> Of course. No one says that without effort one can succeed in IT. Only in
> show-business and politics does that happen. What I object to is having
> Oracle decreeing I or anyone else MUST be pushed out of the industry because
> we've been around a long time and we're not "upgrading our skill sets".
> That's crap, and anyone with half a brain knows it is.

Funny you should mention show-business, someone gave me a book about Saturday Night Live for my birthday, and the no-life-put-every-waking-hour-into-the-product first year sounded very familiar. Sounds like passive aggressive control freak Lorne Michaels would have made an excellent classic DBA. :-)

jg

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