From PierceED@csus.edu Fri, 02 Feb 2001 14:54:52 -0800 From: "Eric D. Pierce" Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 14:54:52 -0800 Subject: RE: OT- Oracle Training Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Yes, exactly. If you scratch below the surface, and ask "why" (in terms of social theory), you may come to realize that in american technical culture there are two broad categories: 1) populists/populizers (make products that are ugly, but cheap) 2) technical elites (make products that are beautiful, but expensive) Basically MS = #1, and Unix/Oracle/etc = #2 Oracle corp.'s "organizational culture" is simply incapable of acting on "populist logic" because such logic runs contrary to the "value system" (and/or aesthetic preferences) of the technical elites. Neither "position" is inherently more "good" than the other since they simply represent forms/expressions of different perspectives that arise from underlying universal archetypes. regards, ep On 2 Feb 2001, at 10:39, Nikolay Kumanov wrote: Date sent: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:39:50 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > After many years of working for the financial sector, please don't be too > angry at me for stating my opinion in financial terms: ... > > IMHO, probably company B has better technology, but A has better marketing > strategy and market development. And I am very sad to see lesser > technologies come to prosperity. I hope that some wise guy at B would say > "OK folks, we are opening all the info we have, we want all the young and > bright people to have the possibility to study our technology, even if they > have not the means to pay for the information. We are providing an > affordable way for youngsters to become a B professionals". Could it be a > wise (and profitable) investment???? ... -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Eric D. Pierce INET: PierceED@csus.edu Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).