Re: Oracle Taking Control

From: IANAL_VISTA <IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:01:58 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns9705B77F6625DSunnySD@68.6.19.6>

"Chom Noamsky" <chom_at_bomb.com> wrote in
news:Qddbf.107291$ir4.15781_at_edtnps90:

> "Matthias Hoys" <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:436ce15d$0$31619$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be...

>>
>> "Chom Noamsky" <chom_at_bomb.com> wrote in message 
>> news:ms4bf.79900$S4.35289_at_edtnps84...
>>> <takveen_at_gmail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:1131186110.268991.108890_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Good Morning Everyone,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just wanted to share my observation regarding Oracle. If we compare
>>>> when Oracle 7  with what we have right now i.e. Oracle 10g. Its
>>>> completely evident that many processes that were the headache of a
>>>> DBA now controlled by Oracle automatically. Keeping in mind the
>>>> flow/trend of development of Oracle software, I think may be Oracle
>>>> 21g would be having everything automated and controlled by the
>>>> Genie itself. DBA jobs would marely be develop the database only
>>>> just like we do in MS Access. All maintainence would be taken care
>>>> of by the Oracle Genie. It 
>>>>
>>>> means less opportunities in Oracle DBA field eventually ...
>>>
>>> Welcome to progress... who the hell wants to be a DBA anywho?  The
>>> less of those weenies wandering around the better.
>>>
>>
>> mmm ... who will take care of those 'i don't do SQL" Java developers
>> then ? :-)

>

><grin>

> As a senior Java code monkey and team lead, if posed with the choice
> of hiring one Oracle DBA at $80K per year, or two junior Java code
> monkeys at $40K per year, I'll hire the Java monkeys and train them to
> be admins and they will be as competent as necessary. The bottom line
> is DBA's cost a company money, Java developers make a company money,
> and no good database product should need a $80K per year "babysitter."

></grin>

>
> ;)

The CEO/CFO might question such a decision when all the corporate data is wiped out & no means to recover the data exists. Received on Sat Nov 05 2005 - 20:01:58 CST