Re: some interestings posts after oracle open world

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:02:40 -0800
Message-ID: <1162684959.644295@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

hpuxrac wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:

>> hpuxrac wrote:
>>> What does everyone think?
>>>
>>> http://wedonotuse.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> Please read the last 2 postings.
>>>
>>> This behavior sounds worse than people aggressively promoting certain
>>> user groups?  Or is there some correlation?
>> Next to last post:
>> "11. 27 October: Miracle 6 year birthday party.... If you're around,
>> this will be fun. If you're not around, it will still be fun."
>>
>> Last post:
>> "12: Dilemma: 13 to 17 November: I will either have to participate in
>> the annual UKOUG conference in Birmingham (which is very good) OR go to
>> Seattle to do the PASS (Professinal Association of SQL Server) annual
>> conference. Very hard choice."
>>
>>
>> There is something wrong with this? What? This is someone's blog.
>> They can write their mother's cookie recipes in it if they wish.

>
> Not surprised but you missed the point as usual.
>
> Mogen's blog noted that he was unable to present the paper "Why You
> Probably Don't Need RAC". He had some quite explicit words about why
> he was unable to present that paper. Probably you should read all this
> again.
>
> The behavior that I was referring to somewhat obliquely was how user
> groups sell themselves to vendors. There are words that Mogen used in
> that context. Probably you missed that also.
>
> Then I asked how that behavior compared to the behavior of certain
> people who spend a lot of effort in this newsgroup promoting certain
> user groups. Who behaves like that? Well think hard.
>

>> www.psoug.org

>
> Yikes there's that url being pushed out again. No surprise there.

Mogens has been less than thrilled with RAC for years and the RAC Pack is less than thrilled with Mogens: I should care? I like and respect both of them.

UKOUG is not Oracle and Mogens is one of the most enjoyable people in front of a SQL prompt, or an audience, or anywhere else for that matter.

Given you constantly flogging Hewlett Packard (hpux...) you really ought to reconsider the stone throwing. Every time I post anything promoting a user group event, whether it was Jonathan Lewis coming to Seattle in April or Portland in October I always do it in c.d.o.marketplace. Always. And before you jump on the above references ... those events are over. If you want to find out about other promos you will find them in c.d.o.marketplace ... where they belong.

Spam is quite clearly defined ... and putting an attribution under a signature is not spam. Now about that dinner in B'ham? The offer is still open ... buy a ticket and I'll see you there.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Sat Nov 04 2006 - 18:02:40 CST