Re: Grooming DBAs ?

Hi Niall,

Must be unique to the British.

I've never heard of that here.

This is of the word 'Groom' does not occur as often as it used to, but is still valid here at least.

It is a synonym for Prepare, which might be a better choice.

Jared

On 10/10/05, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/10/05, VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA_at_infosys.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks
> >
> > Need to groom a team of DBAs for internal performance Benchmarks of our
> > product. This would involve grooming some existing as well as new
> > software professionals having a few years of working experience with
> > Oracle Databases.
>
>
> Vivek
>
> before you get too many somewhat confusing responses, "grooming" has a
> different meaning in the english speaking world than training. It really
> isn't likely to be the word of choice. For example
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3236571.stm might
> give you an idea of the unfortunate connotations your wording may produce.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

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