Re: RFD to split comp.databases.oracle <----------------------

Jamie O'Shaughnessy wrote:
>
> On 16 May 1996 00:16:49 -0400, stevec5088_at_aol.com (Stevec5088) wrote:
>
> >REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
> >unmoderated group comp.databases.oracle.misc (renames
> >comp.databases.oracle)
> >unmoderated group comp.databases.oracle.admin
> >unmoderated group comp.databases.oracle.tools
> >unmoderated group comp.databases.oracle.marketplace
> >
> >Newsgroups lines:
> >comp.databases.oracle.misc Oracle related topics.
> >comp.databases.oracle.admin Oracle database/server administration.
> >comp.databases.oracle.tools Oracle software tools/applications.
> >comp.databases.oracle.marketplace Oracle-related jobs, etc.
> >
>
> I like the groups you've suggested, but agree with the person who suggested
> renaming comp.databases.admin to comp.databases.dba, it's much better suited.
>
> I also think you should have a comp.databases.developers - to cover developers
> writing software to access/interface with Oracle databases - they would fall
> into the .misc group with your suggestion but I think they are an important
> enough group to have their own. This would cover things such as accessing Oracle
> from C/C++ (Pro*C, OCI, Oracle Objects for OLE, etc.), accessing Oracle from
> perl, etc. Maybe this would also extend to include web developments (if it's too
> busy then you can always add a comp.databases.developers.web later).
>
> Jamie

While you're at it, can comp.database.oracle be merged with comp.databases.oracle? That's always annoyed me.

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