Re: Survey...Please help and respond!!

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:38:15 -0800
Message-ID: <1163281092.32204@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Serge Rielau wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:

>> Actually I'd have been disappointed if you didn't read every one of
>> my posts here just as I read yours in the DB2 group

> Sorry to disappoint you then. I don't read all your posts in this group.
> Sampling suffices to intrapolate.
> Most things I learn about Oracle I learn from other posters.
>

>> The primary difference is that you are on IBM's payroll and I don't
>> work for Oracle: Never have ... likely never will.

> That actually makes it worse. It makes your crusade against DB2 a
> religious one. Someone who claims to be a teacher and _independent_
> consultant should not succumb to trash-talk.
> I am bound by IBM's code of conduct. You are not. It shows.
>
> I hope those who know both of us see bigger differences between us than
> our affiliations.
>
> Cheers
> Serge

Crusade against DB2? Don't flatter yourself. I used to work with DB2.

If you don't like my opinions and prognostication feel free to verify the facts yourself. Here are the totally objective numbers.

dice.com - Keyword DB2         3,409 jobs
dice.com - Keyword Oracle     16,782 jobs

monster.com - Keyword DB2        637 jobs

monster.com - Keyword Oracle >1,000 jobs

hotjobs.com - Keyword DB2 1,875 jobs hotjobs.com - Keyword Oracle 9,717 jobs

As a marketer or employee of IBM or Oracle I might care about benchmarks or license revenues: But I am not. I am an academic and consultant. For me it isn't about religion, or good vs. evil, or red vs. blue, or Larry vs. Godzilla.

These are the metrics that matter.
These are the metrics that fill my lecture hall. These are the metrics that pay my mortgage. These are the metrics that put food on the table. These are the metrics that pay college tuitions. They are the ONLY metrics that matter.

If you think that makes me an evangelist you are entitled to your opinion. But those that know me best know that helping Larry buy a new boat is not what gets me up in the morning.

-- 
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 11 2006 - 15:38:15 CST