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"Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Richard Foote wrote:
>
> >
> > So I guess my question (now that I know everything is being read) is has
> > there been a decision to not support these forums as they were
previously
> > and is the implicit obligation for someone at Oracle to respond to
questions
> > raised in these forums no longer applicable ?
> >
> It's the other way around. I don't think there is an implicit obligation
> for someone at Oracle to respond to questions raised in this forum.
> These public forums were never explicitly supported by Oracle, so any
> answers you get from Oracle people has always been largely on their own
> initiative (and time). As to why individual contributors are no longer
> as active as before - I think you would have to ask them all
individually.
>
> I do covet Microsoft's MVP program however, and have often considered if
> something similar could be done for the Oracle community -
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>
Hi Mark,
As Niall has said, I think you misunderstood my original question. My discussion was regarding the forums on Metalink, not these newsgroups. I think Oracle needs to sort it's own forums out before worrying about being involved elsewhere.
Cheers
Richard Received on Thu May 06 2004 - 07:50:46 CDT