"Howard J. Rogers" <hjr_at_dizwell.com> wrote in message news:<418f3437$0$19402$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> http://dba-oracle.com/oracle_news/2004_11_18_jenkins.htm
>
> Note the crass typos. Note the fact that the news stems from about 10 days
> in the future. Note that the World's Leading Oracle Author can't string a
> sentence together without making it sound like Esperanto is his first
> language. Note too that the Great Author and his sidekick think that
> proving one's assertions is "beyond stupid".
>
> Why is anyone still believing anything this old dinosaur hacks out (badly)?
I can understand arguments of both side. On the "dinosaur's" side, it
is true that is an extremely difficult (sometimes almost impossible)
to reproduce behaviour from production system running under heavy
load. On the other side without solid proof with testcases, we can
easily lost all scientific ground and deteriorate to let's say magic
approach to a database operating (noted shaman of more than 20 books
is saying this, so it must be true, behold beyond the power of the
true knowledge) and it is always bad to operate any technical system
with feelings and maybes. And especially bad is in the article showed
approach: "everyone knows that ..., so no proof is necessary".
I'm not sure that there is an easy solution to this.
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Dusan Bolek
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Received on Mon Nov 08 2004 - 09:24:13 CST
