Re: Exchange on the Cross

From: Ian Chard <ian.chard_at_sers.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:16:03 +0100
Message-ID: <hpffn3$ln8$1_at_news.ox.ac.uk>

magicwand wrote:

> On Apr 6, 4:04 pm, Ian Chard <ian.ch..._at_sers.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

>> magicwand wrote:
>>> On Apr 6, 11:53 am, Carlos <miotromailcar..._at_netscape.net> wrote:
>>>> "All your needs are met at the cross of Jesus Christ. Whatever your
>>>> needs may
>>>> be, bring them to the Cross."
>>>> Is that 'Cross' another marketing name for the EXADATA/Sun DB
>>>> Machine?
>>>> Cheers.
>>>> Carlos.
>>> Carlos,
>>> nah, judging from my experiences with "Oracle Appliance" years ago,
>>> you are confusing 'the Cross' with the Genesis: it will take at least
>>> 6 days to set it up ...
>> I just assumed that it was passing comment on a well-known groupware
>> application.
>>
>> - Ian
>>
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> 
> Or, 'cross' is simply the codename for the Oracle 12 release.
> Somehow it sounds like the Oracle PR department:
> "All your needs are met at the cross [...]. Whatever your needs may
> be, bring them to the Cross"

No Oracle statement was ever that succinct ;-P

• Ian

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