Re: Oracle Project X's real name is......
Date: 17 Feb 1995 09:04:24 -0600
Message-ID: <3i2dto$1mv_at_bristol.onramp.net>
In article <Henry_okeeffe.32.000D1CFA_at_inmarsat.org>,
Henry O' Keeffe <Henry_okeeffe_at_inmarsat.org> wrote:
>In article <3i0rhl$g9l_at_news.csus.edu> sac50216_at_saclink1.csus.edu (Eric Pierce) writes:
>>From: sac50216_at_saclink1.csus.edu (Eric Pierce)
>>Subject: Re: Oracle Project X's real name is......
>>Date: 17 Feb 1995 00:44:37 GMT
>>Henry O' Keeffe (Henry_okeeffe_at_inmarsat.org) wrote:
>>: Still dunno what it does, but there's an Oracle Press book coming out about it
>>: in april I believe. It was advertised in ORACLE magazine jan/feb 95 issue.
>>: (the book that is).
>
...
>>There is info at http://www.oracle.com, or call Oracle Sales (Redwood
>>Shores, California USA) and they will send you some glossy brochures,
>>etc. in the mail.
>
....
>Araghghghgh!!!!!!!!!!! Gaaaaaaawd!!!!!!!!!
>I've just looked. It uses Visual-Basic Basic as a language!! What's
>happening?!?!?! What's the strategy here? What happens to pl/sql CDE? Is this
>Power Objects thing the way forward? There's no mention of Motif, I noticed.
>
I found this disappointing too.
>First we find out that CASE is written in visual C++ which ties Oracle to
>Microsoft, and now we find out that they have to keep up with the visual basic
>syntax etc. which ties them even more.
>
> All "Oracle" programmers are being made redundant, and all the visual basic
>programmers are going to take over their jobs! This is what's going to happen!
>
>Thanks a lot Oracle.
>
I wouldn't fret too much about this. It takes MUCH longer to be a good
database engineer than it takes to learn a now database access language
(I've learned quite a few since my old M204 user language days). Although
C and Perl are my languages of choice, languages are simply tools to get
the job done. Actually, I tend to spend quite a bit of time on design
and if tools become availible that allow for faster implementation, I'm
quite happy about it.
Mike Marolda
mmarolda_at_onramp.net
Onramp Productions
http://bristol.onramp.net/
Received on Fri Feb 17 1995 - 16:04:24 CET