Re: RAC on Mac News

Joel Garry wrote:
> > hpuxrac wrote:
> > The IOUG is the big cheese of oracle user groups.

Funny, I hardly notice it. Ah yes, the musical chairs that happen with the local AUSOUG once a year: who cares? I think no one I've met, other than the chair-pushers...

> > I don't see anyone except Mr. Morgan on this newsgroup aggressively
> > pushing any of the many good user groups that are out there.

Oh, I do. And there is nothing wrong with it

> I think the advocacy of it is reasonable for this group.

and relevant.

> able to start such a discussion. I realize that is a minority
> viewpoint here at this time, and that vigilance in defense against spam
> is no vice.

Speaking from personal experience in other newsgroups, it's only too easy to let "anti-spam" campaigns go too far and end up with useful talk being clipped.

> against what he posted. But that is the lesser of my concerns. The
> greater concern is I see a cliquishness fragmenting the information
> resources - one must be part of a club, and know what
> bbs/blog/website's are hot. That's fun for a while, but it gets old
> when you just want to find stuff out.

Ding! Well said, Joel. That's a lot more harmful. Let's hope we don't fall into that here. Not from me, anyway: if anything I've often been criticised by the establishment for "letting the cat out of the bag" here and elsewhere. Well, tough: it won't change. Marketroids come and go, we stay. Received on Tue May 24 2005 - 21:31:24 CDT