Re: Oraperl source?

From: Bill Meahan <wmeahan_at_ef0424.efhd.ford.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 13:45:09
Message-ID: <wmeahan.199.000DC10E_at_ef0424.efhd.ford.com>


In article <dfd-121094100731_at_sebastian2.quantum.epsilon.com> dfd_at_epsilon.com (Devan F. Dewey) writes:
>I don't know how much pull you have with Oracle, but this would be Oracle's
>gift to mankind and the general UNIX community to have oraperl maintained
>in the public domain.

Considering Oracle's record on support issues, I'm not sure that's a gift I'd want to accept. Besides, once people find out what you can do with oraperl vs what you can do in Report Writer and SQL*Plus, Oracle's revenues might decrease substaintially :-) :-) :-)

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