DA Morgan wrote:
> Fuzzy wrote:
>> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>> On 2006-09-13, HansF <Fuzzy.Greybeard_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:18:54 -0700, hpuxrac wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Do you like your database vendor to also provide your file systems?
> >
>>> Your are COMPLETELY dependent on Oracle for everything.
>>
>> As if you aren't anyway.
>
> This is just another version of the Java developer's mantra about
> platform independence that Tom Kyte has been trying to kill for quite
> some time.
>
> Platform independence is a direct route to mediocrity or worse.
>
> Trying to run Oracle databases successfully while ignoring Oracle
> best practices is similarly an exercise in masochism.
I meant to say "DATABASE" independence.
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
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Received on Thu Oct 12 2006 - 16:31:00 CDT
