Re: How to force two entities to point to the same lookup value

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:50:41 GMT
Message-ID: <BwEEg.47353$pu3.572473@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

DA Morgan wrote:

> Bob Badour wrote:
>

>> You say that like I should care what some shill for Oracle corporation 
>> has to say about any issue.

>
> I wrote numerous comments in response to this and, upon reflection,
> deleted every one.
>
> I think the statement stands on its own and requires no comment.

All of my statements stand on their own.

It goes without saying that Tom Kyte says everyone should lock themselves permanently into Oracle solutions. Oracle pays him to say that, and he probably has shares and stock options whose value will improve if more companies lock themselves into Oracle and out of the competition. Steve Ballmer says everyone should lock themselves into Microsoft solution. Quelle surprise.

I can think of no company that has better conditioned associated third parties, like consultants, into corporate chauvinism and groupthink. Oracle has outdone both Microsoft and IBM, which says a lot. I dare say: only the Marxists have been more effective at crushing individual critical thought.

Your knee-jerk reaction to a side comment stands as a stark example of the results of said conditioning. Received on Wed Aug 16 2006 - 07:50:41 CDT