Re: Informix vs Oracle, alleged trade secret theft

On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:07:56 GMT, joelga_at_rossinc.com (Joel Garry) wrote:

>In article <32f7f86e.10074673_at_146.178.74.10> csimich_at_mail.ue.com.au (Christian Simich) writes:
>>On Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:54:33 GMT, Nils.Myklebust_at_idg.no (Nils
>>Myklebust) wrote:
>>
>>>I spesifically do not want to take this discussion about the
>>>philosophical (ethical) issues much further her in c.d.i. Although it
>>>affects us all there is a limit to how far we should discuss this kind
>>>of topic here in a technical newsgroup. Other facts about this case
>>>are of course interesting.
>>>All I will say therefore is that I agree with a some of what Christian
>>>wrote and disagree with most. Now beeing an employer have nothing to
>>>do with this. I had the same opinions when I for many years where an
>>>employee. Check your premises and you may see it.
>
>Nobody here but us chickens! :)
>
>>>
>>>Hope this ends it. Otherwise it should definitly be taken offline.
>>>
>>>
>>>csimich_at_mail.ue.com.au (Christian Simich) wrote:
>>>
>>>:On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:42:12 GMT, Nils.Myklebust_at_idg.no (Nils
>>>:Myklebust) wrote:
>>>:
 [Much snipped]
>>>:>netac <netac_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>:>
>>>Nils.Myklebust_at_idg.no
>>>NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway
>>>My opinions are those of my company
>>>The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org
>>
>>
>>After some deliberation, I decided to respond to Nils. I appreciate
>>his view that he does not want to carry the discussion further. And I
>>am not going to take that discussion further.
>>
>>The reason for response is Nils' comment that this is not a forum for
>>the "philosophical (ethical) issues".
>>
>>Many in this thread have been addressing the non-technical issues (to
>>my delight). Even Nils' article, what prompted me to respond, used
>>the word 'free' several times, including the 'free country'. His and
>>most of the other articles addressed legal, political, economical and
>>I guess "philosophical (ethical) issues". I believe it's OK.
>
>You may not realize that this is being cross-posted to comp.databases.oracle.
>That happens to be a recently obsoleted group, replaced by a hierarchy. Among
>the hierarchy is cdo.misc, which is the normal discussion area for Oracle
>issues. I think it is a good idea to break a technical group into a hierarchy
>like this, but there are difficulties convincing people to post in the
>correct group. I did not change the newsgroups when I first saw this thread,
>as it seemed to be flamebait. Something for all you other groups to
>consider.
>
>>
>>Professionals should discuss these issues, and the technical forums
>>are where we 'meet'. Actually, this thread proved to be quiet
>>popular.
>
>I assume you meant quite, as quiet would be sarcasm! :)
>
>>
>> I'd like to see the comments on what others think about using
>>technical forums for non-technical, yet vital issues for the
>>professionals.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Christian
>>
>>
>>PS
>>
>>Nils,
>>
>>I spent one of best 8 months of my life in Norway and Denmark. Lovely
>>countries and even lovelier people. And most tolerant I ever met.
>>
>>So I hope you would put up with my mischief of answering (on a
>>somewhat different topic) and would not get too frustrated :-)
>>
>>Planning to go to Scandinavia in cc 6 months, we could possibly have a
>>cup of coffee and discuss the topic further ;-)
>>
>>--
>>Christian Simich, Melbourne, Australia
>>
>>All opinions and statements expressed in this forum are mine
>>and mine only and should not be attributed to my current
>>employer or interpreted as support to any commercial
>>interests.
>
>
>--
>Joel Garry joelga_at_rossinc.com Compuserve 70661,1534
>These are my opinions, not necessarily those of Ross Systems, Inc. <> <>
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>panic: ifree: freeing free inodes... O

Where can I find more about news group hierarchies. Haven't seen those before and how can I list them. If you know about some document explaining more, pls let me know.

Regards,

CS

PS Responding publicly because it seems others may need some guidance too.

--
Christian Simich, Melbourne, Australia

All opinions and statements expressed in this forum are mine
and mine only and should not be attributed to my current 
employer or interpreted as support to any commercial 
interests.